linsey

American  

[lin-zee] / ˈlɪn zi /

noun

• linseys
  plural

1. linsey-woolsey.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• linseys
  plural

Example Sentences

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linsey linseys

Cora woke in the pit of the night, her head resting on a rolled-up linsey blanket.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Some were handsome matrons, some were young lasses, but all wore the snow-white kirtle and the short, striped linsey petticoat that showed their slender ankles and trimly-shod feet.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

But he has no thought for me— Only the thought of his share, And the softness of the linsey shifts His lazy daughters wear.

From The Mountainy Singer by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil

Opposite them, on a similar bench, was a row of little girls in linsey dresses and tow-linen pinafores.

From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne

In petticoats of linsey red, And jackets neatly kept, The vrouws their knitting-needles sped And deftly spun and swept.

From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by John T. (John Thomson) Faris

For winter, there are droguets, reps in worsted and in silk, merinos, tweeds, linseys, and velveteens.

From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge

I had to wear de young master's overalls for underwear and linseys for a dress.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

There is a manufacture of linseys of some consequence, but generally speaking, the trade is much decayed.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale