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Homespun - What does it mean?

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homespun

English

Adjective

  • (of yarn) Spun in the home.
  • (of fabric) Woven in the home.
  • (of clothing etc) Made from homespun fabric.
  • * Washington Irving
    • homespun country garbs
  • (by extension) Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.
  • * Dryden
    • our homespun English proverb
  • * Addison
    • our homespun authors
  • * (seeCites)

    • Noun

  • Fabric made from homespun yarn.
  • * (seeCites)
  • (obsolete) An unpolished, rustic person. Example: "What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here?" - Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream Act III Scene I
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    • See also

    * homegrown * roughspun

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.