linsey-woolsey in English

noun
1
a strong, coarse fabric with a linen or cotton warp and a woolen weft.

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1. The women wore homespun or " linsey - woolsey " dresses, sometimes supplemented by an apron or shawl, and sunbonnets.

2. By “Indian dress” he meant costume common to whites as well as Indians in the west: moccasins, leggings, Breechclout, and a hunting shirt, a knee-length smock of linen, wool, or linsey-woolsey, drab and durable

3. And our braw Bawsint yaud, Will carry ye hame your corn - What wad ye be at, ye jaud?" Out spake the bride's mither: "What deil needs a' this pride? I had nae a plack in my pouch That night I was a bride; My gown was linsey woolsey, And ne'er a sark ava; And ye ha'e ribbons and buskins, Mair than ane or twa." Out spake the bride's brither,