"woolsey" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} woolsey (uncountable)
  1. A material made of cotton and wool. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: linsey-woolsey
    Sense id: en-woolsey-en-noun-ajH0ZwA6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1841, Charles Lever, Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 (of 2)",
          "text": "Mickey was the best hurler in the barony, no mean performer on the violin, could dance the national bolero of \"Tatter Jack Walsh\" in a way that charmed more than one soft heart beneath a red woolsey bodice, and had, withal, the peculiar free-and-easy devil-may-care kind of off-hand Irish way that never deserted him in the midst of his wiliest and most subtle moments, giving to a very deep and cunning fellow all the apparent frankness and openness of a country lad.",
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          "ref": "1887, R. D. Blackmore, Springhaven",
          "text": "His mighty legs were spread at ease, his shoulders solid against a cask, his breast (like an elephant's back in width, and bearing a bright blue crown tattooed) shone out of the scarlet woolsey, whose plaits were filled with the golden shower of a curly beard, untouched with gray.",
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          "ref": "1903, Jasper W. Rogers, Facts for the Kind-Hearted of England!",
          "text": "Pending this infliction (for I confess I suffered under sciatica as well as the easterly wind), I left home rather early one morning, muffled in two coats, a cloak, muffler, \"bosom friend,\" worsted wrists, and woolsey gloves; and yet as I closed the door, I half repented that I had faced the blast.",
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          "ref": "1921, Vicente Blasco Iba, The Torrent",
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