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Linsey-woolsey
Linsey-woolsey (less often, woolsey-linsey or in Scots, ) is a coarse twill or plain-woven fabric woven with a linen warp and a woollen weft. Linsey-woolsey was valued for its warmth, durability, and cheapness, but not for its looks. wikipedia.org
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linsey-woolsey
linsey-woolsey (ˈlɪnzɪ ˈwʊlzɪ) Forms: 5 lynsy-, 6 lylse-, lince-, lynse-, 6–8 linsi(e-, -y(e-, 7 lin(t)sie-, lincy-, linzy-, lynsey-, 7–9 lindsey-, 6– linsey-; 5 -wolsye, 6 -wolse, -woolsy(e, -wulse(y, 6–8 -wo(o)lsie, -y, 6–9 -wolsey, 6– woolsey. [f. prec. + wool, with jingling ending.] 1. Orig. a t... Oxford English Dictionary
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woolsey
▪ I. † woolsey, n. Obs. rare. The second element of linsey-woolsey used independently.1737 Bentley Rem. Disc. Free-Thinking liv. iii. 12 Unless he thought his Verses were to sell by the Foot, no matter for the Stuff whether Linsey or Woolsey.▪ II. woolsey, a. rare. (ˈwʊlzɪ) [f. wool n. + -sey derive... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bedgown
Made of sturdy cotton, linen, wool or linsey-woolsey, these bedgowns were simply cut to a T-shaped pattern, and were worn overlapped in front or with the wikipedia.org
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linsey
linsey (ˈlɪnzɪ) Also 5 lynesey, 6 lince, 7–8 linsy. [Possibly f. line n.1 + say.] 1. In early use, perh. some coarse linen fabric. In later use, = linsey-woolsey. Also attrib.1435–6 in Heath Grocers' Comp. (1869) 419, xx clothis of lynesey. 1583 Rates Custom-ho. D j b. Lince called blew lince the do... Oxford English Dictionary
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Blackberry winter
Another colloquialism for these spring cold snaps is "linsey-woolsey britches winter," referring to a type of winter long underwear which could be put wikipedia.org
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wincey
wincey (ˈwɪnsɪ) Also winsey, -ie. Pl. -eys, occas. -ies. [orig. Sc.; app. alteration of woolsey in linsey-woolsey, through the medium of the assimilated form *linsey-winsey.] A very durable cloth having a linen warp and a woollen weft. (occas. A garment made of this.) Also attrib.1808 Jamieson, Wins... Oxford English Dictionary
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Abraham Lincoln: The Hoosier Youth
Lincoln wears a homemade linsey-woolsey shirt, buckskin trousers, and boots to emphasize his frontier background. wikipedia.org
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farandinical
† faranˈdinical, a. Obs. rare—1. [f. farandine + -ical.] Of the nature of farandine; hence, second-rate, worthless. Cf. the use of bombast, fustian, linsey-woolsey.1675 T. Duffet Mock Tempest i. i. 4 You louzy farandinical Sots, Reputation! Oxford English Dictionary
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Tartan (disambiguation)
surface for athletics, manufactured by 3M Tartan Turf, an artificial grass for sports, manufactured by 3M See also Tiretaine or tiretane, old terms for linsey-woolsey wikipedia.org
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Shatnez
Shatnez (or shaatnez, ; ) is cloth containing both wool and linen (linsey-woolsey), which Jewish law, derived from the Torah, prohibits wearing. wikipedia.org
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sheepsy-wolvsy
† sheepsy-wolvsy, a. Obs. A nonsense-compound based on linsey-woolsey (q.v. 3 b) to suggest ‘wolves in sheep's clothing’.1657 J. Watts Scribe, Pharisee, etc. 252 Linsie woolsie, sheepsie woolvsie prophets. Oxford English Dictionary
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Paddy Kitchen
Works Novels Lying-In, 1965 A Fleshly School Linsey-Woolsey: A novel, 1971 Paradise (with Dulan Barber) Marriage Ring: A novel, 1977 A Pillar of wikipedia.org
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A. E. Matthews
Bly Whiskey Galore (1949) as Colonel Linsey-Woolsey The Chiltern Hundreds (1949) as Lord Lister Landfall (1949) as Air Raid Warden Mister Drake's Duck wikipedia.org
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Stuff (cloth)
Originally it was probably entirely of wool, but later a "woolsey-linsey" cloth, made with a warp of linen yarn and a worsted weft. wikipedia.org
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