Meaning of linsey-woolsey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fabric made of both linen and wool.
   countable, uncountable
2. Worthless material; nonsense; gibberish.
   archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable

Examples

“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 vveare linſey vvolſey.”

“[W]hat linsey-woolsey hast thou to speak […]”

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