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spike(4)(dictionary)
spike(2)(dictionary)
spike(1)(dictionary)
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Lee, Spike(dictionary)

homespun (iou) and spike(6) (iou)


homespun (iou)



homespun adjective & noun. L16.
[from Home noun + SPUN ppl adjective.]
A. adjective.
Spun at Home. L16.
fig. Simple, homely, unsophisticated, practical. E17.
J. P. Mahaffy The plainest homespun morality. L. Stephen Crabbe was one of those simple, homespun characters.
b. noun.
A person who wears homespun cloth; a rustic. arch. L16.
Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream What hempen homespuns have we swagg'ring here.
Cloth made of yarn spun at Home. Also, a material resembling this. E17.
b. transf. Something of plain or homely style. M19.
Athenaeum Instead of being..of superfine quality in one part, and arrant Home-spun in another.

spike(6) (iou)



spike verb3 trans. slang. E20.
[from SPIKE noun3.]
Foll. by up: make more High Church in character.