Answer by user3067860 for Meaning of "That was a home word of Pinkerton's"
This is not a common phrase in English. I would even go so far as to say that it's probably not even correct from a prescriptive stance, it's either something the writer made up for this use or an...
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In 19th century and early 20th century texts in both British English and educated American English the phrase home word means "native" word, that is, word in one's native language. We find attestations...
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I browsed the OED once again and found this:OED:home, n.¹& adj.That strikes home; direct, to the point; effective, appropriate. Now rare except in home truth, n. and home thrust, n.Since 1607 - up...
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I can't be 100% sure, but the OED has the following for home, adj.,3.b.† Of, relating to, or concerning oneself; intimate, private, personal. Obsolete.and the following attestation1880 - He knew...
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(From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, Chapter XV, published 1892)Passage 232THE CARGO OF THE “FLYING SCUD.”In my early days I was a man, the most wedded to his idols of my...
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