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Definition of Homeward-bound
1. Adjective. Oriented toward home. "Homeward-bound commuters"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homeward-bound
Literary usage of Homeward-bound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Innocents Abroad, Or, The New Pilgrims' Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1870)
"HOMEWARD BOUND. We naturally settled down into a very slow, stay-at-home manner
of life, and resolved to be quiet, exemplary people, and roam no more for ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1915)
"THAT sweet word, "Homeward Bound!" Search all the world around: There cannot e'er
be found, On home or foreign ground, A sweeter, gladder sound Than ..."
3. Southern Literary Messenger by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1838)
"Mr. Cooper is the author of At peculiar marine style that has often delighted us
in the "Red Roter;" and when we opened "Homeward Bound," we fell assured ..."
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