DCHP-3

homebrew

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1an.

in Canadian professional football, a native-born player.

See: import(meaning 2)

Quotations

1957
The Leos still are short of homebrews and are plagued by a problem at quarterback they have never succeeded in solving.
1964
The chief economic factor is that American players, whether Canadianized or not, still draw more salary than homebrews.
1bn.

a local player in any sport; a player trained by the team for which he plays.

Quotations

1958
To make room for import talent en route from the States, Edmonton Eskimos announced the release of 16-year-old homebrew third sacker Gene Kinesewich today.
1962
We are strictly a homebrew [hockey] club and all positions on the club are wide open.
1964
. . . the kid boom in British Columbia is the most forceful evidence of "home brew" soccer potential I have encountered.
2n.

any person or thing of native origin.

Quotations

1963
Rebel members of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers at Crofton on Vancouver Island have led the first in what could be a series of breakaways from the International union and the formation of a strictly homebrew union to cover 5,000 pulp mill workers in B.C.
1963
I attended the Tuesday noon showing of the production before there was any hint of grief for the home-brew effort, and came to a few personal conclusions about it.
1966
Some of this [applause] can be attributed to local enthusiasm for the home-brew [a playwright].