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homespun definition

home·spun (hōm′spun′)

noun

  1. cloth made of yarn spun at home
  2. coarse, loosely woven cloth like this

adjective

  1. spun or made at home
  2. made of homespun
  3. plain; unpretentious; homely homespun virtues

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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