Definitions
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- adjective dated
Homely ;cosy . - adjective rare, not comparable Having a place to live; not
homeless . - noun As much as a
home can hold.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Homeless Americans have the same rights as homeful Americans!
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Homeless Americans have the same rights as homeful Americans!
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These particular homeless people were largely, until recently, homeful and employed.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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These particular homeless people were largely, until recently, homeful and employed.
Sacramento and Its Riverside Tent City - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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I am a mom to 4 great kids as well with a homeful of antiques, breakables,scrapbook papers and other exquisite goodies that are respected and not "destroyed" by their under 10 hands..
Archiver's Makes Me Insane and What Happened to Cool School Supplies? Sarah Moore 2007
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We was pretty low down, and the moonshine made everything soft and pretty, and the farmhouses looked snug and homeful, and we could hear the farm sounds, and wished we could be down there; but, laws! we just slipped along over them like a ghost, and never left a track.
Tom Sawyer Abroad 1894
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We was pretty low down, and the moonshine made everything soft and pretty, and the farmhouses looked snug and homeful, and we could hear the farm sounds, and wished we could be down there; but, laws! we just slipped along over them like a ghost, and never left a track.
Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 1872
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