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    [Adjective]  | "home*spun" | \ ˈhōm-ˌspən \


    1: spun or made at home

    2: made of homespun

    3: simple, homely


    Origin: circa 1589 ;

    [Noun]  | "homespun" 


    1: a loosely woven usually woolen or linen fabric originally made from homespun yarn


    Origin: 1651 ;

    [Adjective]  | "homespun" 


    1: having or showing an unpretentious informality;


      * e.g., " ... a beloved writer who was famous for dispensing his homespun philosophy of life in a weekly newspaper column "



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     [ "homespun" ]

    1: homespun ct. ... a street in mahwah, new jersey where many riots used to brake out... the heart of the riots included the coletta family and the walsh brothers. riots took place from 1992-2003

      * e.g.,  ... "Daisy was unhappy when the boys of homespun shoveled snow to say 'RIOT ON HOMESPUN' in the middle of the street" 

     [ "homespun" ]

    1: Describes clothing woven at home, by those who cannot afford to buy.

      * e.g.,  ... Ghandi: Don't listen to the British! Wear your homespun, yo! 


     [ "homespun" ]

    2: Ghandi was an advocate for khadi (homespun cloth).


     [ "homespun" ]

    3: Also a noun, referring to people who wear homespun clothing.

     [ "homespun girl" ]

    1: A girl who is unsophisticated, non-materialistic, low maintenance, tom boyish, passive, submissive.

      * e.g.,  ... Jen is such a homespun girl, she wears simple clothes and is so down to earth and easy going 

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