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noun, plural lin·sey-wool·seys.
1.
a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
2.
a garment made from this.
3.
Archaic. any mixture that is incongruous or of poor quality; jumble: That last speech was a linsey-woolsey of stale platitudes.
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Linsey-woolsey
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linsey-woolsey
late 15c., originally a cloth woven from linen and wool, the words altered for the sake of a jingling sound. Linsey is attested from mid-15c., apparently meaning "coarse linen fabric."
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