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home·spun
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/
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hohm
-spuhn
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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.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Origin:
1580–90;
home
+
spun
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homespun
(ˈhəʊmˌspʌn)
—
adj
1.
having plain or unsophisticated character
2.
woven or spun at home
—
n
3.
cloth made at home or made of yarn spun at home
4.
a cloth resembling this but made on a power loom
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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homespun definition
n.
homemade liquor or beer. :
Jed offered a little of his homespun round the table.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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