homespun

  • 21homespun — home|spun [ houm,spʌn ] adjective 1. ) simple and not learned from books: homespun ideas/philosophy/wisdom 2. ) homespun clothes are made from cloth that has someone has produced at home …

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  • 22homespun — UK [ˈhəʊmˌspʌn] / US [ˈhoʊmˌspʌn] adjective 1) simple and not learnt from books homespun ideas/philosophy/wisdom 2) homespun clothes are made from cloth that someone has produced at home …

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  • 23homespun — /ˈhoʊmspʌn / (say hohmspun) adjective 1. spun or made at home: homespun cloth. 2. made of such cloth. 3. plain; unpolished; simple. –noun 4. cloth made at home, or of homespun yarn. 5. cloth of similar appearance to that hand spun and hand woven …

  • 24homespun — n. homemade liquor or beer. □ Jed offered a little of his homespun round the table. □ How about a swig of homespun? …

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  • 25homespun — 1. adjective a) spun in the home b) woven in the home 2. noun fabric made from homespun yarn …

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  • 26homespun — adj. Homespun is used with these nouns: ↑philosophy, ↑wisdom …

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  • 27Homespun — Home|spun [...spʌn] das od. der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. homespun, eigtl. »Hausgesponnenes«> grobfädiger, früher handgesponnener noppiger Wollstoff …

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  • 28homespun — adjective homespun rural philosophy Syn: unsophisticated, plain, simple, basic, unpolished, unrefined, rustic, folksy; coarse, rough, crude, rudimentary, bush league Ant: sophisticated …

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  • 29homespun — adj. & n. adj. 1 a (of cloth) made of yarn spun at home. b (of yarn) spun at home. 2 plain, simple, unsophisticated, homely. n. 1 homespun cloth. 2 anything plain or homely …

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  • 30homespun — ingl. Tela rústica de lana para ropas …

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