homespun

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home⋅spun

[hohm-spuhn]

–adjective

1.	spun or made at home: homespun cloth.

2.	made of such cloth: homespun clothing.

3.	plain; unpolished; unsophisticated; simple; rustic: homespun humor.

–noun

4.	a plain-weave cloth made at home, or of homespun yarn.

5.	any cloth of similar appearance.

6.	a rustic person.

Origin:
1580–90; home + spun

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home·spun (hōm'spŭn')

adj.

Spun or woven in the home: homespun linen.
Made of a homespun fabric: a homespun tablecloth.
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).

Homespun

Home"spun\, a. 1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. "Homespun country garbs." --W. Irving.

2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. "Our homespun English proverb." --Dryden. "Our homespun authors." --Addison.

Homespun

Home"spun\, n. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] --Shak.

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