homespun
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Is homespun a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of homespun?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (of yarn) Spun in the home.not-comparable
2. (of fabric) Woven in the home.not-comparable
3. (of clothing, etc.) Made from homespun fabric.Examples: "homespun country garbs"; "He became more and more excited; he rose from the sofa, walked up and down the floor with hurried steps and fought with his hands in the air, till the light flickered hither and thither, while the sweeping tail of his long grey home-spun coat described long circles every time he swung himself round and raised himself on his longer leg, for, like Tyrtaeus and Peter Solvold of our parish, he was afflicted with a limp."; "The woman was dressed in a long broad kaftanlike homespun shirt decorated with thin strips of reindeer fur, leather braiding, small gleaming plates of metal, and lots of little bells which made a rather pleasant melodic sound at every jolt of the train."not-comparableusually
4. (by extension) Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious.Examples: "homespun wisdom"; "our homespun English proverb"; "our homespun authors must forsake the field"Synonyms: down-home, cracker-barrelbroadlynot-comparable
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) An unpolished, rustic person.Examples: "What hempen home-ſpuns haue we ſwaggering here, / So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene?"countableobsoleteuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary