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/hˈoʊmspˌən/ Listen

noun

Homespun n.

Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

An unpolished, rustic person. (Obs.)

adjective

Homespun adj.

Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. "Homespun country garbs."

Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun English proverb." "Our homespun authors."

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Etymology of 'Homespun'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Homespun" Quotes from Famous Books

... Sir Tiglath," Lady Enid went on, with pleasant ease, and a sort of homespun self-possession that trumpeted, like a military band, her sensibleness, "Mr. Vivian consulted me as to what to do; whether to give the whole thing up, or to make an appeal to you at the risk of disturbing you and taking up a little of your precious time. ...

— The Prophet of Berkeley Square • Robert Hichens

... early risers, and long before sunrise three of them, clad in gray homespun frocks and broad-brimmed hats, appeared. They greeted ...

— A Busy Year at the Old Squire's • Charles Asbury Stephens

... absorbed in her little circle of old French royalist noblesse that she can't see anything to admire outside the rue de l'Universite and chateau life in Normandy. She does admit that there's an element of homespun virtue in the old families of Boston and Waverton; but that's only because ...

— The Street Called Straight • Basil King

... walls; but in the further corner stood the chief piece of furniture, and the one which drew the attention of the visitors with the most powerful attraction. It was a large clumsy four-post bedstead, hung with blue and white homespun curtains, and covered with a gay patchwork quilt. The curtains on both sides were drawn back, and the face and figure of the sleeper were in full view. She lay as if under the influence of a narcotic, so still that her breathing ...

— A Canadian Heroine, Volume 2 - A Novel • Mrs. Harry Coghill

... was square and clumsy. He was not a good-looking boy— there's no denying it!—and yet I liked him; he looked very sensible and straightforward, and there was a vigorous ring in his voice. He had nothing to boast of in his attire; it consisted simply of a homespun shirt and patched trousers. The face of the third, Ilyusha, was rather uninteresting; it was a long face, with short-sighted eyes and a hook nose; it expressed a kind of dull, fretful uneasiness; his tightly- drawn lips ...

— A Sportsman's Sketches - Works of Ivan Turgenev, Vol. I • Ivan Turgenev

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