homespun

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HO'MESPUN, adjective Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture. 1. Not made in foreign countries. 2. Plain; coarse; rude; homely; not elegant; as a homespun English proverb; a homespun author. HO'MESPUN, noun A coarse, unpolished, rustic person.
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