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homespun

/ˈhoʊmˌspʌn/ US

adjective

not comparable, of yarn Spun in the home.
not comparable, of fabric Woven in the home.
not comparable, usually, of clothing Made from homespun fabric. homespun country garbs
broadly, not comparable Plain and homely; unsophisticated and unpretentious. homespun wisdom
Similar: down-home, cracker-barrel

noun homespuns

countable, uncountable Fabric made from homespun yarn; clothing made from it. Also, machine made fabrics (usually cottons) similar to homespun fabrics in that solids, plaids, or stripes are created by weaving dyed threads (rather than printing), so that both sides of the fabric look the same. There are four men, heavily bearded and more than a little dirty, and two young women, all of them busy with shovels in or around an opened grave and all dressed identically in shirts and trousers of tattered homespun.
countable, obsolete, uncountable An unpolished, rustic person. What hempen home-ſpuns haue we ſwaggering here, / So neere the Cradle of the Faierie Queene?

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adj woven at home

Русский	домотка́нный domotkánnyj

adj plain and homely

Deutsch	hausbacken, hausgemacht, schlicht, selbstgestrickt

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@misc{homespun_2026,
  title = {homespun},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/homespun},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}