"home is where you hang your hat" meaning in English

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Proverb

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  1. Rather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.
    Sense id: en-home_is_where_you_hang_your_hat-en-proverb-~3mTHnpF Categories (other): English proverbs

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