LINSEY-WOOLSEY


Meaning of LINSEY-WOOLSEY in English

[ ˌlɪnzɪ'wʊlzi ]

■ noun a strong, coarse fabric with a linen or cotton warp and a woollen weft.

Origin

C15: from linsey , orig. denoting a coarse linen fabric (prob. from Lindsey , a village in Suffolk) + wool + -sey as a rhyming suffix.

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