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homer man en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Homer man.
Not for an instant do I wish to imply all show homer men would act so contemptibly, though it is a fact this has been done, and may be done again, unless the name is altered from the workinghomer to something that will readily distinguish the real article from the one that owns a title so apt to mislead.
1892, The Fanciers' Journal: Devoted to Dogs, Poultry, Pigeons & Pet Stock, Volume 8:Some birds are lost. They are shot, taken by hawks, blown down in storms or trapped by other pigeon keepers. Regardless, the real homer man doesn't want them back.
1962, Mervin F. Roberts, How to Raise & Train Pigeons, →ISBN, page 38:And all the other pigeoneers I knew were obsessed homer men who cared only about racing.
2014, Stephen Bodio, Aloft: A Meditation on Pigeons & Pigeon-Flying, →ISBN:
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