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/hˈoʊmkˌəmɪŋ/ Listen

noun

home-coming, homecoming n.

A return home. "Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge."

A social event, usually held annually at colleges and universities, to welcome visiting alumni; a type of school reunion for graduates.

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Etymology of 'Homecoming'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Homecoming" Quotes from Famous Books

... only a fool, but a coward. Only a coward would have touched the hair of St. Pierre's wife with his lips; only a coward would have let live the thoughts that burned in his brain. She was St. Pierre's wife—and he was anxious now for the quick homecoming of the chief of the Boulains. After that everything would happen quickly. He thanked God that the inspiration of the wager had come to him. After the fight, after he had won, then once more would he be the old Dave Carrigan, holding the trump hand ...

— The Flaming Forest • James Oliver Curwood

... greetings of the homecoming were fairly over, Polly, afraid her courage would give out if she waited a moment longer, put her hand on Mr. King's arm. "What is it, dear?" asked the old gentleman, busy with Phronsie, who hung ...

— Five Little Peppers Grown Up • Margaret Sidney

... Cambodunum Telling the Bees The Two Lamplighters Our Beck Lord George Jenny Storm The New Englishman The Bells of Kirkby Overblow The gardener and the Robin Lile Doad His last Sail One Year Older The Hungry Forties The Flowers of Knaresborough Forest The Miller by the Shore The Bride's Homecoming The Artist Marra to Bonney Mary Mecca The Local Preacher The Courting Gate Fieldfares A Song of the Yorkshire Dales ...

— Songs of the Ridings • F. W. Moorman

... angry. "He is neglecting me," she cried; "he goes away from my arms to the society of rough seamen. I am a mere bauble, a plaything for his leisure. He is tired of me, and perhaps on some distant coast he is dallying with a newer sweetheart. But I will try his heart. When I hear of his homecoming, I will go forth on my barge and have the black flag of desolation flying from the prow. In this way I may obtain some ...

— Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland • Daniel Turner Holmes

... driveway, from the main road, a furlong above, rolled the homecoming car. At sight of it, Sonya started up. She was not certain how the car's occupants would take her preempting of the veranda in their absence. Letting Lad's head gently down to ...

— Further Adventures of Lad • Albert Payson Terhune

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