foster-home

English

Noun

foster-home (plural foster-homes)

1. Alternative form of foster home
   • 1927, Victoria. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, page 10:

     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.

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

     Foster-homes are investigated before put into use.

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

     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.