linsey-woolsey

/lin-zee-wool-zee/US // ˈlɪn ziˈwʊl zi //UK // (ˈlɪnzɪˈwʊlzɪ) //

林赛-伍尔西

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural lin·sey-wool·seys.
- : a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
- : a garment made from this.
- : Archaic. any mixture that is incongruous or of poor quality; jumble: That last speech was a linsey-woolsey of stale platitudes.

James Woolsey, another former CIA director, has called for Pollard's release as have other former top U.S. officials.
Former Rep. Lynn Woolsey tried to make the hearing about government transparency while remaining agnostic about extraterrestrials.
Woolsey was also one of the leading experts in the media advocating for the invasion.
“A so-called smart grid that is as vulnerable as what we've got is not smart at all,” Woolsey adds.
Poignantly missing from the panel was American war photographer Linsey Addario.
The women had on sun-bonnets; and some had linsey-woolsey frocks, some gingham ones, and a few of the young ones had on calico.
She was dressed in linsey-woolsey, and the overalls of the three sons were also home-spun.
The goods were of the home-made quality, known as "linsey-woolsey," a material worn by farmers almost universally in those days.
His wife wore a calico dress for company, while the neighbor wives wore homespun linsey-woolsey.
How he got at my birth behind my tangled mat of hair and wringing linsey-woolsey I know not to this day.