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homespun
(hōm′spun′)
noun
- cloth made of yarn spun at home
- coarse, loosely woven cloth like this
adjective
- spun or made at home
- made of homespun
- plain; unpretentious; homely: homespun virtues
See homespun in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
- Spun or woven in the home: homespun linen.
- Made of a homespun fabric: a homespun tablecloth.
- Simple and homely; unpretentious: “Most small towns would have gladly forfeited some of their homespun values if it meant luring a firm there” (William Mueller).
- A plain, coarse, usually woolen cloth made of homespun yarn.
- A similar sturdy fabric made on a power loom.
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