Homespun

Word HOMESPUN
Character 8
Hyphenation home spun
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Homespun"

What do we mean by homespun?

Spun or woven in the home. adjective

Made of a homespun fabric. adjective

Simple and homely; unpretentious. adjective

A plain, coarse, usually woolen cloth made of homespun yarn. noun

A similar sturdy fabric made on a power loom. noun

Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture.

Hence Of domestic origin; plain; familiar; commonplace.

Cloth made at home; home-made clothing. noun

A coarse and loosely woven woolen material, made in imitation of actual home-made cloth. noun

A coarse, unpolished, or rustic person. noun

Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. adjective

Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. adjective

Cloth made at home. noun

An unpolished, rustic person. noun

Spun in the home. adjective

Woven in the home. adjective

Made from homespun fabric. adjective

Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious. adjective

Fabric made from homespun yarn. noun

An unpolished, rustic person. noun

Fabric made from homespun yarn. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same.

An unpolished, rustic person.

Homespun ct. ... a street in mahwah, new jersey where many riots used to brake out... the heart of the riots included the coletta family and the walsh brothers. riots took place from 1992-2003 Urban Dictionary

Describes clothing woven at home, by those who cannot afford to buy. Ghandi was an advocate for khadi (homespun cloth). Also a noun, referring to people who wear homespun clothing. Urban Dictionary

A girl who is unsophisticated, non-materialistic, low maintenance, tom boyish, passive, submissive. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Homespun

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The word "homespun" in example sentences

Frenchman who was brought into Penobscot, dressed in homespun, and sent to meeting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In support of the nonimportation movements of 1765 and 1769, the Daughters of Liberty used their traditional skills to weave yarn and wool into homemade cloth they called homespun, which made America less dependent on British textiles. ❋ Maggiemac (2009)

At her feet, knelt a boy dressed in homespun cotton fringed with red indígena motifs. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Some time about the year 1827, two sturdy lads, tall and well proportioned but clad in homespun and barefooted, came to "Dryden Corners" from the South Hill neighborhood, driving an ox team and bringing to market a wagon load of pine shingles which they had shaved by hand. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Being a bit of a Gordon Sinclair addict myself -- you know, when I did Front Page Challenge recently Mr. Sinclair was so nice to me he didn't even ask me what my salary was -- I believe in homespun philosophy. ❋ Unknown (1974)

However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science. ❋ Unknown (1920)

[Page 146] not take his view of it, and we think it hypocrisy objecting to a fallen woman in homespun on the stage, when a fallen woman in satin has been the theme of such a great number of plays that have been passed. ' ❋ Unknown (1913)

When, contrary to the old-established custom of the demagogue, the little politician in homespun had confided to the men in front of him what he thought of them, he told them that the Woman's Movement which they held themselves so clever for ridiculing, was in much the same position to-day as the Extension of Suffrage for men was in '67. ❋ Unknown (1907)

I told the girls about it, and when they got home they were a beautiful blue all about their necks, and they hardly allowed the word homespun ever to be uttered to them until we really had to make it at home and wear it. ❋ Elizabeth Lyle Saxon (1905)

He contemned all the elegancies of diction, using only plain homespun English, aiming at direct and compact statement in the fewest words, and those sometimes chosen with more respect to convenience than precision. ❋ Unknown (1865)

It wasn't long before Rogers became better known as a homespun humorist who said, memorably, "I never met a man didn't like." ❋ Unknown (2010)

“There laughs Philip Desten,” she murmured, “and all the Frenchwomen behind the original Frenchman who was brought into Penobscot, dressed in homespun, and sent to meeting. ❋ Unknown (1916)

They use a spice rub on it, then they grill it over charcoal, then they smoke it in a ragtag homespun device. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now the idea of homespun cash is back because it keeps people liquid even if they are short on traditional dollars. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Wc find many of the profession of weavers among the first colonists, some of whom, weknow, were of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, and brought their looms, and handed down the trade; and we have seen some persons always clad in what is termed homespun, in former days. ❋ Unknown (1792)

That is, the potential impact of a certain kind of homespun, empathetic populism should not be dismissed or even discounted. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"[Daisy] was [unhappy] when the boys of homespun [shoveled] snow to say 'RIOT ON HOMESPUN' in the middle of the street" ❋ RIPhomespun03 (2005)

[Ghandi]: Don't listen to the [British]! [Wear] your homespun, yo! ❋ Mang0 (2006)

[Jen] is such a homespun girl, she wears simple clothes and is [so down] to earth and [easy going] ❋ Geedells (2008)

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