Definition of "down-home" [down-home]

• Of, relating to, or reminiscent of a simple, wholesome, unpretentious lifestyle, especially that associated with the rural southern United States. (adjective)

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• "Mom said she was a really good cook, and lots of people came in now for her specialties, like barbecued ribs and what she called her down-home meat loaf."
• "It was all what Cisco and Ezra called down-home food."
• "If memory serves me as a down-home Mobile boy before I had the good sense to move to San Francisco, the best restaurant in Houston is a Waffle House, hold the KARO."