stay-at-home

stay-at-home
/stay"euht hohm'/, adj.
1. not inclined to travel or seek diversions or pastimes outside one's residence, area, or country.
2. of or pertaining to time spent at home: a stay-at-home evening.
n.
3. a person who stays at home a good deal; a person not inclined to travel; homebody.
[1800-10]

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Universalium. 2010.

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