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  • adjective Alternative form of homemade.

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Examples

  • I get close to the candle and the home-made collage of screenshots of Tobey Maguire and I speak softly with a whisper into the flame, "Vulture ....." crapo why not shoot it in 4d?

    Sony Confirms Spider-Man Reboot Will Be in 3D | /Film 2010

  • The chair consists of patches as in a patchwork quilt, which gives them a somewhat home-made character, without allowing this to compromise their quality.

    The Memory Armchair by Ole Jensen 2009

  • Anonymous said ... this is silly of me, but the other thing i remember is that grandma served beef & noodles over home-made mashed potatoes for grandpa. she did not for laura usually. and she would never have put wine in her beef & noodles! love, mom

    Grandma's Beef & Noodles Laura 2009

  • But the selling point of this delightful book is its setting in the legendary France profonde, where market stalls offer goat's cheese and foie gras, home-made jam and oils flavoured with walnuts and truffles, where steaks are timed to perfection by singing the Marseillaise, and menus composed as skilfully as Martin Walker's prose.

    Bruno, Chief of Police: Summary and book reviews of Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. 2009

  • I always prefer the home-made versions of Mexican food.

    Quick Weeknight Suppers - Mexican Stirfry and Tomato Rice Cardamom 2009

  • Global Security have all the details you need about what the BBC insist on calling "home-made rockets" but are in fact lethal weapons of war.

    The terrorists' arsenal of rockets Not a sheep 2009

  • The latter's range of home-made tarts (at £3 each) include pea, mint and goat's cheese, roast chicken and sundried tomato and pissaladière (Provençal onion with olives and anchovies) served in a choice of shortcrust or a light and, indeed, scrumptious, gluten-free pastry.

    West Dorset's top 10 budget eats 2011

  • Emma Kinrade, low income-specialist at the British Dietetic Association, recommends low-sugar, low-cost cereal for breakfast, and home-made veggie soup for lunch.

    Eating for £1 a day 2011

  • After walking a few blocks, the merchandise began to look similar, nothing grabbed my attention, until I came upon a Redneck-Zen bonsai booth wedged between a home-made apple-butter stand where a woman in old-fashioned attire churned butter and a photography exhibit of local waterfalls.

    Truth at a Bonsai Booth Paula Ray 2011

  • But the selling point of this delightful book is its setting in the legendary France profonde, where market stalls offer goat's cheese and foie gras, home-made jam and oils flavoured with walnuts and truffles, where steaks are timed to perfection by singing the Marseillaise, and menus composed as skilfully as Martin Walker's prose.

    Bruno, Chief of Police: Summary and book reviews of Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. 2009

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