英语词汇homey的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	homey
词源	homey. Originally black English for a friend or anyone from your hometown or neighborhood. Short for homeboy, the term now has some general usage. Homeboy is first re- corded at the end of the 19th century and homey during World War II.
随便看	on the hip on the house on the lam on the level on the make on the nail on the nose on the pad on the pig-s back on the qui vive on the rocks on the ropes on the same sheet of music with on the shady side of 40 on the side of the angels on the spot on the spree on the square on the tip of my tongue on the town on the wagon on the warpath on the whole i’d rather be in philadelphia on the wrong side of the door when brains were handed out on tick

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