linsey
Americannoun
plural
linseysExample Sentences
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Cora woke in the pit of the night, her head resting on a rolled-up linsey blanket.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
I wore cotton dresses in summer and linsey dresses and a shawl in de winter.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
The ladies dressed in linsey petticoats, and linsey or linen bed gowns, coarse shoes, stockings, handkerchiefs and buckskin gloves, if any.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben
Opposite them, on a similar bench, was a row of little girls in linsey dresses and tow-linen pinafores.
From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams
She give all de women a bolt or linsey to make clothes and ma cut de pattern.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
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