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linsey-woolseys

Variant of linsey-woolsey

noun pl. linsey-woolseys

  1. a coarse cloth made of linen and wool or cotton and wool
    also linsey
  2. Obsolete an incongruous mixture; jumble

Origin: ME linsy wolsye < lin, linen (see line) + wolle, wool + jingling suffix

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