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Definition of Linsey
1. n. Linsey-woolsey.
Definition of Linsey
1. Noun. linen ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Linsey
1. a coarse fabric [n -SEYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linsey
Literary usage of Linsey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Potter's American Monthly (1878)
"thundered linsey. " And why should it concern you, that I am here?" coolly retorted
Owens. "But I have business here," said linsey. ..."
2. The Law Reports by Great Britain Court of Chancery, George Wirgman Hemming (1867)
"Benjamin linsey died on the 9th of January, 1841, leaving his widow, ...
In January, 1848, EL linsey, by deed, appointed part of the testator's real estate ..."
3. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, William Laurence Saunders, Walter Clark, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1910)
"linsey. See Lindsey. linsey, , payment in favor of, 6. 974. ... linsey, Joseph,
takes oath, 22. 176. linsey, Leonard, fails to take oath, 22. 170. ..."
4. Centennial History of Missouri: (the Center State) One Hundred Years in the by Walter Barlow Stevens (1921)
"... and Food at the Dawn of Statehood—The Popular linsey Woolsey—Happy Days for
Cabin Brides—When Love Laughed at Language Differences—Rapid Courtships— The ..."
5. How to Make Rugs by Candace Wheeler (1902)
"linsey WOOLSEY. IT has often been given as a reason for the discontinuance of
home weaving, that no product of the hand loom can be as exact or as cheap as ..."
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