Definitions for linsey-woolseys

linsey-woolseys lin·sey-wool·sey

Spelling: [lin-zee-woo l-zee]
IPA: /ˈlɪn ziˈwʊl zi/

Linsey-Woolseys is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 571 anagrams from letters in linsey-woolseys (-eeillnoossswyy).

Definitions for linsey-woolseys

noun

  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:

Origin of linsey-woolseys

1425-75; late Middle English lynsy wolsye literally, linen cloth, wool cloth, equivalent to lyn (Old English līn; see linen) + -sy, variant of say cloth (Old French

Examples for linsey-woolseys

Any ordinary manner, in comparison with Mr. Downie Meek's, would be as linsey-woolsey to three-pile velvet!

The literature of China is, happily, not all linsey-woolsey.

She was dressed in linsey-woolsey, and the overalls of the three sons were also home-spun.

You see I was in my linsey-woolsey frock, not dressed for company.

The coats of the men were home-made; the materials, jeans or linsey-woolsey.

His coat, moreover, is as torn as his linsey-woolsey jonquil hose.

Four yards of linsey-woolsey, a yard in width, made a dress for any woman.

Your labor is too skilled by far to manufacture bagging and linsey-woolsey.

linsey-woolsey, a mixture of linen and woollen, is still in use.

We have too much of the linsey-woolsey type of religion in our day.

Word Value for linsey-woolseys
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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