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Definition of Homespuns
1. homespun [n] - See also: homespun
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homespuns
Literary usage of Homespuns
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Old-fashioned Journey Through England and Wales by James John Hissey (1884)
"... Park—Old British Stronghold — The Precipice Walk — homespuns and Flannels—The
Demon's Oak. To us, so long used to the freedom of the country, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The Bulgarian homespuns, which are made of pure wool, are of admirable quality.
The exportation of textiles is almost exclusively to Turkey: value in 1896, ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1905)
"At the Toronto Fair last year we had an exhibition of these homespuns made by
women at home, and could have ... They are also offering prizes for homespuns. ..."
4. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"The red-coats fire, the homespuns fall : The homespuns' anxious voices call,
Brother, art hurt ? and Where hit, John ? And, Wipe this blood, and, Men, ..."
5. History of Manufactures in the United States by Victor Selden Clark (1916)
"About 1640 New England homespuns, probably of flax or flax and cotton, were valued
at 20 and 30 cents a yard;1 in 1673 none exceeded 60 cents a yard;2 in ..."
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