Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LINSEY-WOOLSEY
a.Made of linen and wool; hence, vile; mean; of different and unsuitable parts.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LINSEY-WOOLSEY
LINSEY-WOOLSEY Lin "sey-wool "sey, n.
1. Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.
2. Jargon. [Obs. ] Shak.
LINSEY-WOOLSEY
LINSEY-WOOLSEY Lin "sey-wool "sey, a.
Defn: Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean. Johnson.
New American Oxford Dictionary
linsey-woolsey
lin sey-wool sey |ˌlinzē ˈwo͝olzē ˌlɪnzi ˈwʊlzi | ▶noun a strong, coarse fabric with a linen or cotton warp and a woolen weft. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from linsey, originally denoting a coarse linen fabric (probably from Lindsey, a village in Suffolk, England, where the material was first made ) + wool + -sey as a rhyming suffix.
Oxford Dictionary
linsey-woolsey
linsey-woolsey |ˌlɪnzɪˈwʊlzi |(also linsey-wolsey ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a strong, coarse fabric with a linen or cotton warp and a woollen weft. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from linsey, originally denoting a coarse linen fabric (probably from Lindsey, a village in Suffolk where the material was first made ) + wool + -sey as a rhyming suffix.
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