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wincey

/ (ˈwɪnsɪ) /

noun

British a plain- or twill-weave cloth, usually having a cotton or linen warp and a wool filling

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Word Origin for wincey

C19: of Scottish origin, probably an alteration of woolsey as in linsey-woolsey

Words nearby wincey

wimpy, Wimshurst machine, win, win by a nose, wince, wincey, winceyette, winch, Winchell, Winchester, Winchester bushel
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Example sentences from the Web for wincey

  • I have six bolls of meal and seven yards of wincey going up the glen in the Salachary cart.

    Gilian The Dreamer|Neil Munro

  • A merchant in Hopeton last winter donated three hundred yards of wincey to the asylum.

    Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery