Definitions
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- noun rare A
garment made from roughlyspun yarn or made from acoarse material. - adjective of a garment or cloth
Woven from acoarsely spun yarn , (usually also from a coarse material). - adjective figuratively
Unpolished ,rough and ready ,uncultured ,unsophisticated .
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Examples
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He nodded, wiping his blade carefully on the roughspun tunic adorning the nearest corpse, and then, without warning, knelt in the dust.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
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