homer
/ˈhoʊmɚ/ noun C2- A home run. · The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.
- Synonym of home run (“sexual intercourse”).
- A homing pigeon. · Each of the pigeon fanciers released a homer at the same time.
- A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team. · Joe is such a homer that he would never boo the Hometown Hobos, even if they are in last place in the league.
- A homing beacon.
Plural homers
From the library
The whole place was turned upside down, drawers burst open, and presses ransacked, with the result that an odd volume of Pope’s ‘Homer,’ two plated candlesticks, an ivory letter-weight, a small oak barometer, and a ball of twine are all that have vanished.”
A mantle-piece, with two modern Sèvres vases, a timepiece representing Cupid with his bent bow, a mirror with an engraving on each side—one representing Homer carrying his guide, the other, Belisarius begging—a grayish paper; red and black tapestry—such was the appearance of Lord Wilmore’s drawing-room.
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