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Meanings of linsey-wolsey in anglès
portuguès
flanela wincey espanyol
wincey 
Coarse woven fabric with a linen warp and a wool weft.
Synonyms
Examples for "linsey"
Examples for "linsey"
1
The coats of the men were home-made; the materials, jeans or linsey-woolsey.
2
I might lay hold of a linsey-woolsey cloak somewhere in the bog.
3
Your labor is too skilled by far to manufacture bagging and linsey-woolsey.
4
They made linsey for the woman and woolen cloth for de men.
5
He wore low shoes, buckskin breeches, linsey-woolsey shirt, and a coonskin cap.
1
A brown wincey dress surmounted all.
2
I should think you'd be grateful to get most anything after those skimpy wincey things you've been wearing.
3
I can see myself, in that dreadful old wincey dress and faded sailor hat, exploring decks and cabins with enraptured curiosity.
4
Her gypsy blood began to stir in her: the charm of her old vagabond habits asserted itself under the wincey frock and clean apron.
5
Wincey, the Mayor of Gawler.
1
The coats of the men were home-made; the materials, jeans or linsey-woolsey.
2
I might lay hold of a linsey-woolsey cloak somewhere in the bog.
3
Your labor is too skilled by far to manufacture bagging and linsey-woolsey.
4
He wore low shoes, buckskin breeches, linsey-woolsey shirt, and a coonskin cap.
5
Some of the passengers were dressed in jeans; others in linsey-woolsey dyed blue.
Usage of linsey-wolsey in anglès
1
For Martin was then but a linsey-wolsey reformer.
2
'Yes, you darling, when you are Lord Chancellor; and till that day comes I will wear tailor gowns, linsey-wolsey, anything you like,' cried Mary, laughing.