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LINSEY-WOOLSEY

\lˈɪnsɪwˈʊlsɪ], \lˈɪnsɪwˈʊlsɪ], \l_ˈɪ_n_s_ɪ_w_ˈʊ_l_s_ɪ]\

Definitions of LINSEY-WOOLSEY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Jargon.
Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Jargon.
Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A cloth of mixed linen and wool. Also, linsey.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Made of linen and wool mixed: mean: of unsuitable parts.
A thin coarse stuff of linen and wool mixed.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Made of linen and wool mixed.
A cloth of this mixture.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Made of linen and wool; of unsuitable parts; mean.
Stuff made of linen and wool mixed; incongruous mixture; jargon.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A stuff made of linen and wool mixed; a light coarse cloth.
Made of linen and wool; poor; mean.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. Stuff made of linen and wool mixed.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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