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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a hometown boy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a male individual who is from a particular town or city, often implying a sense of local pride or connection.
Example: "After years of living in the city, he returned to his roots as a hometown boy, eager to contribute to the community he loved."
Alternatives: "local boy" or "native son".
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Now, he's considered a hometown boy.
County Executive Robert J. Gaffney is a hometown boy.
One reason was the success of a hometown boy, Xu Zhuangbing.
You see a provincial celebration of a hometown boy -- "Chicago's greatest writer" -- made good.
Ben Affleck, a hometown boy, will attend, along with Alec Baldwin and Mandy Patinkin.
He's a hometown boy from the projects who made it big, and he made Cleveland feel big.
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He is the anti-Emeril, a polite, bona fide hometown boy who is less bam! and more bayou.
On Saturday night, the party's supporters gave the hometown boy a huge welcome, cheering him as though he had won the election outright.
Craig Hignett converted a questionable penalty to level and Gianluca Festa's extra-time goal seemed set to send Boro through, but, just as the Chesterfield fans were starting a philosophical chant of "We're proud of you", hometown boy Jamie Hewitt guided home a header from a skidding Chris Beaumont cross.
MGK hilariously earns Miami's hatred by calling their hometown boy an "ego" and claiming that Cena, the 12-time champion and poster-boy of the WWE's media machine is an "underdog".
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