linsey

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linsey (countable and uncountable, plural linseys)

  1. A cloth made of linen and wool.
    • 1852, J. D. B. De Bow, The Industrial Resources of the Southern and Western States:
      My rule is to give for winter a linsey suit, one shirt of best towelling, one hat, one pair of shoes, a good blanket, costing $2 to $2 50, every other year []
  2. A kind of clayey rock.

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