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Definition of lonesome noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

lonesome

noun

NAmE//ˈloʊnsəm//

Idioms

(all) by/on your lonesome (informal)

alone Are you here all by your lonesome? I'm going off backpacking on my lonesome.

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