homespun
plain; unpolished; unsophisticated; simple; rustic: homespun humor.
a plain-weave cloth made at home, or of homespun yarn.
any cloth of similar appearance.
a rustic person.
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How to use homespun in a sentence
Occupying three rooms at the museum’s first-floor galleries, the exhibition includes about 50 objects and architecture projects, ranging from efficient diagnostic kits to inventive ventilators, homespun face masks, and innovative hospital designs.
A history of design innovations emerging from health crises | Anne Quito | December 23, 2021 | QuartzHe rents out a midtown apartment, dons a homespun Spider-Man costume and begins a lonely life of fighting crime and trying to make rent.
The majority of his food is touched by a hearth that serves as the focal point in the homespun dining room and gets as hot as 1,000 degree in its center.
The Freis take a homespun approach that’s hard for a larger chain to replicate.
Over the course of this traumatic year, many of us will have discovered homespun therapies in granularity.
We play dodge ball, ride giant tricycles, and craft homespun jalopies for the adult soapbox derby.
Portland Is Ground Zero for the Best Women’s Soccer in the World | Evelyn Shoop | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe are thirsty for his signature wit, warmth, and homespun wisdom.
Dear Dick (Cheney): Advice From the Former Veep | Kelly Williams Brown | June 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMartha Washington dressed in homespun clothing to differentiate herself from royalty.
Brett makes it clear from the outset of Trauma Farm that this is not another cozy paean to the homespun rural life.
While the pose of the players remain the same, Rockwell altered the final picture to give it a more homespun feeling.
I would rather go to church with Dolly in homespun, than ride in a carriage beside that shrivelled piece of tanned leather.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieThere was no finery in her wardrobe, a few neat cotton gowns for summer wear, and homespun for the winter—that was all.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieAt this the door flew open and a skinny woman appeared, her homespun frock pendent with tow-headed urchins.
The last arrivals were two tall women in homespun dresses and calico sunbonnets.
That was why, instinctively, she had put on her old homespun with a vague purpose of reparation to them.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.
British Dictionary definitions for homespun
/ (ˈhəʊmˌspʌn) /
having plain or unsophisticated character
woven or spun at home
cloth made at home or made of yarn spun at home
a cloth resembling this but made on a power loom
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