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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.

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[brew] See: [HOME BREW]. 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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[at home] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. In the place where you live or come from. * /I went to his house, but he was not at home./ * /Americans […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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