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homespun

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Homespun \Home"spun\, a.
   1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse;
      plain. ``Homespun country garbs.'' --W. Irving.

   2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. ``Our
      homespun English proverb.'' --Dryden. ``Our homespun
      authors.'' --Addison.

Homespun \Home"spun\, n.
   1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

   2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

homespun
     n : a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with homespun
         yarn [syn: {homespun fabric}]

homespun
     adj 1: of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of
            nubbly homespun yarns" [syn: {homespun(p)}, {nubby}, {nubbly},
             {slubbed}, {tweedy}]
     2: characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy";
        "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys" [syn: {cracker-barrel},
         {folksy}]
     3: made of cloth spun or woven in the home; "homespun linen";
        "homespun garments"
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