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homespun
/ˈhoʊmˌspʌn/
adj 4noun 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
broad, decorated, long
HOMESPUN + NOUN
country, garbs, shirt
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
1
Spun in the home.
2
Woven in the home.
3
Made from homespun fabric.
homespun country garbs
He became more and more excited; he rose from the sofa, walked up and down the floor with hurried steps and fought with his hands in the air, till the light flickered hither and thither, while the sweeping tail of his long grey home-spun coat described long circles every time he swung himself round and raised himself on his longer leg, for, like Tyrtaeus and Peter Solvold of our parish, he was afflicted with a limp.
4
Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.
homespun wisdom
our homespun English proverb
noun
1
Fabric made from homespun yarn. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look th
There are four men, heavily bearded and more than a little dirty, and two young women, all of them busy with shovels in or around an opened grave and all dressed identically in shirts and trousers of tattered homespun.
2
An unpolished, rustic person.
What hempen home-ſpuns haue we ſwaggering here, / So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — characteristic of country life
- cracker-barrel
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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homespun country garbs
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He became more and more excited; he rose from the sofa, walked up and down the floor with hurried steps and fought with his hands in the air, till the light flickered hither and thither, while the swe
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The woman was dressed in a long broad kaftanlike homespun shirt decorated with thin strips of reindeer fur, leather braiding, small gleaming plates of metal, and lots of little bells which made a rath
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There are four men, heavily bearded and more than a little dirty, and two young women, all of them busy with shovels in or around an opened grave and all dressed identically in shirts and trousers of
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What hempen home-ſpuns haue we ſwaggering here, / So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene?
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