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n. - A plain or twilled fabric of wool and cotton used especially for warm shirts or skirts and pajamas.

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Usage examples (27)
  • The brown wincey and the coarse apron seemed to her the neophyte's robe, betokening
  • "I have six bolls of meal and seven yards of wincey going up the glen in the Salachary cart."
  • Her gypsy blood began to stir in her: the charm of her old vagabond habits asserted itself under the wincey frock and clean apron.
  • When the violent ring of the bell that announced their coming echoed through the house, Mrs. Potts had only to roll down the sleeves of her best wincey and button them...
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