down-home

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1. USSimple and unpretentious, especially having the characteristics of a Southern rural lifestyle.

   The guitarist wearing fatigues and sneakers, sitting on a stool telling down-home stories interspersed with a few yodels.

   1980 February 16, Althea, “Teresa Trull and Julie Homi with the Harp Band [review]”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 29, page 13

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   Just as Mr. Clinton began a comeback with a down-home plea for forgiveness, Mrs. Clinton now seems determined to prove, perhaps to the point of overcompensation, that she will not repeat the mistakes that plagued her 2008 campaign.

   2015 April 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, It’s Not Hard to Be Humble in an Effort to Regain Power”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms: countrified, folksy, homespun, just folks