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born and bred
born and bredBorn and raised in a particular place, which has shaped one's personality. As you could probably tell by his aggressive driving, he's a New Yorker, born and bred.See also: and, born, bredborn and bredBorn and educated in a single locale or social class. For example, Adam was a Bostonian, born and bred. Although the two words were paired earlier, the precise locution dates from the mid-1800s. See also: and, born, bredborn and bred by birth and upbringing. 1991 Sharon Kay Penman The Reckoning I was being tended by a most unlikely nurse, an Irish sprite who spoke French as if she was Paris born and bred. See also: and, born, bredˌborn and ˈbred born and brought up (in a place): He’s Liverpool born and bred. ♢ Both my parents were born and bred in London.See also: and, born, bredborn and bredDescribing a native, a person born and raised in the same place. The alliterative appeal of this phrase no doubt led to its overuse. Joseph Addison paired the two early on (The Spectator, 1711): “Being bred to no business and born to no estate.” The precise locution appears in Fanny Kemble’s travel book (1863), “Born and bred in America.”See also: and, born, bred |