Definition of downhome

downhome

• Newfoundland

  When talking about some of the great things about Newfoundland, the Newfoundlander said "downhome is the best fishing".

  Last edited on Dec 07 2008. Submitted by Anonymous from Canada on Dec 07 2008.

adjective

• reminiscent of a simple, rural lifestyle. US.

  I love downhome cooking.

  Last edited on Jul 30 2012. Submitted by Anonymous on May 30 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'down':
batten down the hatches	Definitions include: to prepare for hardship.
beat down	Definitions include: a fight or severe beating.
bout to put the beat down	Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
bow down	Definitions include: to back down from a situation.
bow down before the porcelain god	Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet.
bow down to the porcelain god	Definitions include: also "bow down to the white porcelain god."
bring down	Definitions include: to sadden one.
bring the house down	Definitions include: to greatly impress a crowd.
broke down	Definitions include: unattractive.
bust down	Definitions include: a person who has oral sex and intercourse with multiple people.
butter down	Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in.
buttoned-down	Definitions include: overly formal, conservative.
chow down	Definitions include: to eat.
come down	Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
cool down	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
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Other terms relating to 'home':
bring home the bacon	Definitions include: to earn an income.
downhomer	Definitions include: Newfoundlander
eat (one) out of house and home	Definitions include: as a guest, to eat an excessive amount.
go drunk, you're home	Definitions include: "Go home, you're drunk," as a drunk person might say it.
hit a home run	Definitions include: see home run.
home boy	Definitions include: friend.
home dog	Definitions include: a close friend.
Home is where the horror is	Definitions include: home is where the horror is
Homer	Definitions include: a simple minded person, never cognizant of the world around them; MORON.
home run	Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse.
homes	Definitions include: friend.
home skillet	Definitions include: a good friend; "home boy".
home slice	Definitions include: a good friend.
home wrecker	Definitions include: a person who has an affair with a married person.
lights are on but no one's home	Definitions include: alive but brain-dead.
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