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homespun(dictionary)

homespun (iou)



homespun adjective & noun. L16.
[from HOME noun + SPUN ppl adjective.]
A. adjective.
Spun at home. L16.
fig. Simple, homely, unsophisticated, practical. E17.
J. P. Mahaffy The plainest homespun morality. L. Stephen Crabbe was one of those simple, homespun characters.
b. noun.
A person who wears homespun cloth; a rustic. arch. L16.
Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream What hempen homespuns have we swagg'ring here.
Cloth made of yarn spun at home. Also, a material resembling this. E17.
b. transf. Something of plain or homely style. M19.
Athenaeum Instead of being..of superfine quality in one part, and arrant home-spun in another.