osnaburg
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of osnaburg
1535–45; irregular after Osnabrück ( def. ), known for its linen
Example Sentences
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We had checked homespun clothes foh eve'yday, and purty calico and dyed osnaburg ones foh Sunday.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
Our clothes was made mostly outen osnaburg wove on de plantation.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
He kindly received me, and in a few days Madam made me an osnaburg shirt and French cap and a coat out of one of my master’s old coats.
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)
They dressed in calico in summer and in winter linsey-woolsey, and wore at their work ample aprons of osnaburg, a small checked blue and white cloth.
From Confessions of Boyhood by Albee, John
Us wore mostly slips, wove in homemade looms; an' dey was osnaburg an' homespun.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
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