foster-home

plural foster-homes

1. alternativeAlternative form of foster home.

   Foster-homes are investigated before put into use.

   1937, Pennsylvania. General Assembly, Legislative Journal - Issue 2, page 1660

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   We have others in foster-homes where they have grown up from infancy, and in some cases there are receiving invalid pensions because of their mental deficiency.

   1927, Victoria. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, page 10

   Here's what I think: I think that the two years of separation, when she stayed in the foster-home and I went out into the big world, proved critical in stunting the relationship between Willow and me.

   2010, Deirdre Purcell, Children of Eve: An unforgettable novel about a family in crisis