homespun
(adjective)
Made from homespun fabric.
Examples of homespun in the following topics:
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Women in the Revolution
- Women played a major role in this method of defiance by denouncing silks, satins, and other imported luxuries in favor of homespun clothing, generally made in spinning and quilting bees.
- In addition to boycotts of British goods, Patriot women participated in the "Homespun Movement."
- The practices of the Homespun Movement extended beyond cloth goods.
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Revolutionary Women
- Women worked in the Homespun Movement.
- In addition to the boycotts of British textiles, the Homespun Movement served the Continental Army by producing needed clothing and blankets.
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Nonconsumption and the Daughters of Liberty
- The Daughters of Liberty used their traditional skills to weave and spin yarn and wool into fabric, known as "homespun".
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The Townshend Acts
- The Daughters of Liberty used their traditional skills to weave and spin yarn and wool into fabric, known as "homespun."