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homespuns

homespuns is the plural of homespun.

Meaning of homespun

Noun

homespun (countable and uncountable, plural homespuns)

  1. Fabric made from homespun yarn; clothing made from it. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same.
    • There are four men, heavily bearded and more than a little dirty, and two young women, all of them busy with shovels in or around an opened grave and all dressed identically in shirts and trousers of tattered homespun.1948 August, Aldous Huxley, Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) An unpolished, rustic person.
    • What hempen home-ſpuns haue we ſwaggering here, / So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene?c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...

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Questions about homespuns

What is homespuns the plural of?
Homespuns is the plural of homespun.

Words near homespuns in the dictionary

  1. homesourcing
  2. homespace
  3. homespaces
  4. homespun
  5. homespunness
  6. homespuns
  7. homestall
  8. homestalls
  9. homestand
  10. homestanding
  11. homestandings

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