linsey-woolsey

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lin=sey-wool=sey

CIDE DICTIONARY

linsey-woolsey, n. 

•  Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.  [1913 Webster]
•  Jargon.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

linsey-woolsey, a. 

 Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

linsey-woolsey, n. a fabric of coarse wool woven on a cotton warp.

Etymology

ME f. linsey coarse linen, prob. f. Lindsey in Suffolk + WOOL, with jingling ending

ROGET THESAURUS

linsey-woolsey

Mixture

N mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion, commixion, intermixture, alloyage, matrimony, junction, combination, miscegenation, impregnation, infusion, diffusion suffusion, transfusion, infiltration, seasoning, sprinkling, interlarding, interpolation, adulteration, sophistication, tinge, tincture, touch, dash, smack, sprinkling, spice, seasoning, infusion, soupcon, alloy, amalgam, brass, chowchow, pewter, magma, half-and-half, melange, tertium quid, miscellany, ambigu, medley, mess, hotchpot, pasticcio, patchwork, odds and ends, all sorts, jumble, salad, sauce, mash, omnium gatherum, gallimaufry, olla-podrida, olio, salmagundi, potpourri, Noah's ark, caldron texture, mingled yarn, mosaic, half-blood, half-caste, mulatto, terceron, quarteron, quinteron, quadroon, octoroon, griffo, zambo, cafuzo, Eurasian, fustee, fustie, griffe, ladino, marabou, mestee, mestizo, quintroon, sacatra zebrule, catalo, cross, hybrid, mongrel, mixed, implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous, motley, miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate, miscible, among, amongst, amid, amidst, with, in the midst of, in the crowd.