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woolstuff

woolstuff noun: woolen cloth or fabric.

Noun

woolstuff (countable and uncountable, plural woolstuffs)

  1. (archaic) Woolen cloth or fabric.
    • The wealth of a fisherwoman consists in the number of her petticoats, of flannel or a mixed cotton and woolstuff, and the more she wears at once the better she is thought to be dressed.1891, George Hitchcock, “The Picturesque Quality of Holland”, in Scribner's Magazine, page 627

Forms of woolstuff

pluralwoolstuffs

Origin of woolstuff

From wool + stuff.

Questions about woolstuff

What does woolstuff mean?
Woolstuff means woolen cloth or fabric.
What part of speech is woolstuff?
Woolstuff is a noun.
What is the plural of woolstuff?
The plural of woolstuff is woolstuffs.

Words near woolstuff in the dictionary

  1. Woolstenhulmes
  2. Woolsthorpe
  3. Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth
  4. Woolston
  5. Woolstons
  6. woolstuff
  7. woolstuffs
  8. Woolton
  9. Woolton pie
  10. Woolton pies
  11. woolulose

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