of, pertaining to, or exhibiting the simple, familiar, or folksy qualities associated with one's family or with rural areas, especially of the southern U.S.:
down-home cooking; down-home hospitality.
Origin
1820-30, Americanism
British Dictionary definitions for down home
down-home
adjective
1.
(slang, mainly US) of, relating to, or reminiscent of rural life, esp in the southern US; unsophisticated
Slang definitions & phrases for down home
down home
adjective phrase
Simple; homey: a down-home meal of roast chicken, potatoes, and peas
adverb phrase
In the southern US; in Dixie
In a Southern regional or ethnic manner: funkier than blues and playing about as down home as you can get
modifier
: He was getting away from all that old down-home stuff