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A fabric made of both linen and wool. / (figuratively, archaic) Worthless material; nonsense; gibberish.

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linsey-woolsey

Source Word

linsey-woolsey

countable uncountable archaic figuratively

A fabric made of both linen and wool. / (figuratively, archaic) Worthless material; nonsense; gibberish.

Japanese Meaning

亜麻布と羊毛を混ぜ合わせて作られる布製品。 / （比喩的、かつ古語的な用法で）役に立たないもの、くだらないもの；ナンセンス、たわごと。

The museum displayed a 19th-century linsey-woolsey dress that had been remarkably well preserved.

博物館は19世紀のリネンとウールの混紡生地で作られたドレスを展示しており、驚くほど良く保存されていた。

Sense（1）

A fabric made of both linen and wool.

I had as lieue haue no ſunne, as haue it ſhine faintly, no fire, as a ſmothering fire of ſmall coales, no cloathes, rather then weare linſey wolſey.

Sense（2）

(figuratively, archaic) Worthless material; nonsense; gibberish.

what linsey-woolsey hast thou to speak

linsey-woolseys

（ plural ）