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homespun

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home·spun  (hmspn)
adj.
1. Spun or woven in the home: homespun linen.
2. Made of a homespun fabric: a homespun tablecloth.
3. Simple and homely; unpretentious: "Most small towns would have gladly forfeited some of their homespun values if it meant luring a firm there" (William Mueller).
n.
1. A plain, coarse, usually woolen cloth made of homespun yarn.
2. A similar sturdy fabric made on a power loom.

homespun [ˈhəʊmˌspʌn]
adj
1. having plain or unsophisticated character
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) woven or spun at home
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) cloth made at home or made of yarn spun at home
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a cloth resembling this but made on a power loom
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Noun1.homespun - a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
russet - a reddish brown homespun fabric
Adj.1.homespunhomespun - of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"
rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
2.homespun - characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country boys"
rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"
3.homespun - made of cloth spun or woven in the home; "homespun linen"; "homespun garments"
homemade - made or produced in the home or by yourself; "homemade bread"

homespun
adjective unsophisticated, homely, plain, rough, rude, coarse, home-made, rustic, artless, inelegant, unpolished The book is simple, homespun philosophy.
Translations
homespun [ˈhəʊmspʌn] ADJtejido en casa, hecho en casa (fig) → llano
homespun [ˈhəʊmˌspʌn]
1. adj (fig) → alla buona
homespun philosophy → filosofia spicciola

homespun [ˈhəʊmˌspʌn]
1. adj (fig) → alla buona
homespun philosophy → filosofia spicciola


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During the dialogue the young hunter had thrown aside his overcoat, and now stood clad in a plain suit of the common, light-colored homespun of the country, that was evidently but recently made.
No wonder the wind chose it so often for its partner as it danced through the garden, scorning to notice the heavy homespun things about it.
When he had gone into the house, Ursula, turning impatiently from the window, tripped and almost fell over the big ball of homespun yarn her father had flung on the floor.
 
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