Use "linsey woolsey" in a sentence

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. DeLong ran aground in 1921; Woolsey sank after a collision in 1921.

4. 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,

5. Will: Archidiaconal Court of Stow Wills 1640-1650, i, folio 24 26 Feb 1639 I John Linsey of Althorpe victualler My bodye to be buryed in

6. While operating off the Pacific coast of Panama near Coiba Island early on the morning of 26 February 1921, Woolsey was cut in half during a collision with the merchant ship SS Steel Inventor and sank.