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Definition of twilight home in English: twilight homenoun A residential home for elderly people. Example sentencesExamples - ‘A generation ago, it was still routine for elderly parents to come to live with the family in order to see out their final days; these days we rely on institutionalised granny farming - maximum security twilight homes, as Dame Edna Everage calls them - to do the job for us’.
- She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.
- An awkward minority group, they are often ignored by their families and, funds permitting, banged up in twilight homes.
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