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Linsey-woolsey   Listen
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Linsey-woolsey  adj.  Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean.





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"Linsey-woolsey" Quotes from Famous Books



... was, thought the young girl, that she had doffed her bed-gown and linsey-woolsey petticoat, her working-dress, and made herself smart in her stuff gown, when she sate down to work ...
— Sylvia's Lovers, Vol. I • Elizabeth Gaskell


Words linked to "Linsey-woolsey" :   material, fabric


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