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Linsey-woolsey   Listen
noun
Linsey-woolsey  n.  
1.
Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.
2.
Jargon. (Obs.)





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... and were content. The loom and the spinning-wheel, though they had by this time largely disappeared from the towns, still had a place in every farmhouse. We raised our own food and made our own clothing, often of the linsey-woolsey woven by the women on their home-made looms. We breakfasted by the light of a tin lamp fed with lard, four o'clock being a not unusual hour, dined at noon, supped at five, and went to bed with the chickens. Our carpets were made of our old cast-off garments ...
— The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson • Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez
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... maybe, who sold his Master," said the indomitable clerk, much diverted by his own talents for tormenting. "Hold—I bethink me thou mayest claim the earl's linsey-woolsey gown ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) • John Roby
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Words linked to "Linsey-woolsey" :   cloth, textile, fabric, material


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