Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySomeone, particularly a friend or male acquaintance, from one's hometown. · A close friend or fellow member of a youth gang. · An inner-city youth.
Earliest known reference is in the tune The House of Blue Lights (1946) by Ella Mae Morse and Freddie Slack, when Morse improvises a spoken-word intro. Equivalent to home + -ie.
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- Word-formation componenthomeen
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