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home-alone

British

adjective

informal (esp of a young child) left in a house, flat, etc unattended

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Though the whole album is a studio production, “Originals” has a home-alone spirit, while “Unlocked” heads for the car and the club.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

During its slow decline, it went from being a going-out shirt to a home-alone shirt.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2020

It features the home-alone president chasing after Hillary Clinton’s car, holding a brown paper bag, yelling, “Wait, wait, wait! You forgot your lunch!”

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2019

And her early work has a strange home-alone quality and an intense focus.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2011

The thought that she was alone in the world, alone since the mysterious disappearance of her husband from his Cuban home-alone and undoubtedly struggling with life for existence, grew upon him with maddening intensity.

From Leah Mordecai by Abbott, Belle K. (Belle Kendrick)

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