Down-home
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Adjective
- 1 Simple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle. US
"Just as Mr. Clinton began a comeback with a down-home plea for forgiveness, Mrs. Clinton now seems determined to prove, perhaps to the point of overcompensation, that she will not repeat the mistakes that plagued her 2008 campaign."
Example
More examples"“Sylvia's in Harlem does not invent what is sometimes called down-home food or soul food, but it exemplifies that kind of cuisine and is also an example of the story of African American migration from the South to the North,” Freedman says."
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