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born and bred |
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born and bred if you were born and bred in a place, you were born and grew up in that place and have the typical character of someone who lives there. She was born and bred in Jamaica but now lives in France. (often + in) He's a Londoner born and bred. See also: born |
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However, ma'am,' said Bounderby, 'there are apartments at the Bank, where a born and bred lady, as keeper of the place, would be rather a catch than otherwise; and if the same terms - ' The sailing and racing of yachts has developed a class of fore-and- aft sailors, men born and bred to the sea, fishing in winter and yachting in summer; men to whom the handling of that particular rig presents no mystery. I was born and bred there--there I leapt about on the fields of snow. |
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born and bred