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home brew

[home brew] {n. phr.} A beer or other malt liquor made at home, not in a brewery. * /Home brew reached its greatest popularity in America during national prohibition./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[raise hackles] or [raise one's hackles] {v. phr.} To make (someone) upset or annoyed; arouse hostility. * /Attempts to add new ingredients to the beer raised hackles among all the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[home] See: [AT HOME], [BRING HOME], [BRING HOME THE BACON], [CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST], [CLOSE TO HOME], [CONVALESCENT HOME] or [NURSING HOME] or [REST HOME], [KEEP THE HOME FIRES […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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