linsey-woolsey
/ˌlɪnzɪˈwʊlzi
/(also linsey-wolsey)
noun [mass noun]
A strong, coarse fabric with a linen or cotton warp and a woollen weft.
Origin
Late 15th century: from linsey, originally denoting a coarse linen fabric (probably from Lindsey, a village in Suffolk where the material was first made) + wool + -sey as a rhyming suffix.
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