wincey

British  

/ ˈwɪnsɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of wincey

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

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Example Sentences

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wincey

It was too dark to see his face, but I knew what it would look like: a kind of sad, wincey expression.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

She certainly was an odd-looking little creature in the short tight wincey dress she had worn from the asylum, below which her thin legs seemed ungracefully long.

From Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Mademoiselle put the candle down on the dressing-table and began to run, too, in little quick dancing steps, her wincey skirt bellowing out all round her.

From Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 by Dorothy Miller Richardson

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

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Neil Munro

When the violent ring of the bell that announced their coming echoed through the house, Mrs. Potts had only to roll down the sleeves of her best wincey and button them at her wrists.

From Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense by [pseud.] Vera

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