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linsey-woolsey
[ lin-zee-wool-zee ]
noun
- a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
- a garment made from this.
- Archaic. any mixture that is incongruous or of poor quality; jumble:
That last speech was a linsey-woolsey of stale platitudes.
linsey-woolsey
/ ˈlɪnzɪˈwʊlzɪ /
noun
- a thin rough fabric of linen warp and coarse wool or cotton filling
- a strange nonsensical mixture or confusion
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Origin of linsey-woolsey1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of linsey-woolsey1
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Example Sentences
The women had on sun-bonnets; and some had linsey-woolsey frocks, some gingham ones, and a few of the young ones had on calico.
She was dressed in linsey-woolsey, and the overalls of the three sons were also home-spun.
The goods were of the home-made quality, known as "linsey-woolsey," a material worn by farmers almost universally in those days.
His wife wore a calico dress for company, while the neighbor wives wore homespun linsey-woolsey.
How he got at my birth behind my tangled mat of hair and wringing linsey-woolsey I know not to this day.
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