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People enjoy his folksy, homespun manner.
dispenses his homespun philosophy of life in a weekly newspaper column
Recent Examples of homespun from the Web
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Next door, Millie's Homemade Ice Cream is taking homespun sweets to new heights, with delicate flavors like lavender, Vietnamese coffee, pistachio rose and salted hazelnut.
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Indoors at Nowadays, a multifaceted bar and music emporium that opened in January, may well be the place where the area’s young creative set, hopping from one homespun art gallery to the next, can coexist with the young families living upstairs.
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The appeal of KittiesMama, a vlogger family voted one of the top social media influencers in 2017 by Forbes magazine, is definitely homespun.
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The manuscript was typewritten, handbound, homespun.
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McDaniel gets just crazy enough with Midwest favorites, homespun and otherwise.
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The call box has a homespun quality and remains easy to miss, located on a busy avenue, near a bus stop.
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Family show full of homespun magic and DIY robotics with punk rock, slapstick edge.
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The Whaler cod fish fry ($12) headlines a Lenten menu that rolls out a variety fried seafood, vegetarian pasta items and homespun cooking.
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First Known Use of homespun
circa 1589
homespun Synonyms
Synonyms
Near Antonyms
affected, grandiose, highfalutin (also hifalutin), ostentatious, pompous, pretentious;
Definition of homespun
: a loosely woven usually woolen or linen fabric originally made from homespun yarn
First Known Use of homespun
1651
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