Home-bred

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Home-bred \Home"-bred`\, a.
     1. Bred at home; domestic; not foreign. " Home-bred
        mischief." --Milton.
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              Benignity and home-bred sense.        --Wordsworth.


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     2. Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
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              Only to me home-bred youths belong.   --Dryden.
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