down-home

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down-home

adjective more down-home · most down-home · downhome · down home

US Simple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle. The guitarist wearing fatigues and sneakers, sitting on a stool telling down-home stories interspersed with a few yodels.
Similar: countrified, folksy, homespun, just folks

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@misc{down_home_2026,
  title = {down-home},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/down-home},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}