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[Eng. home, and speaking.] Direct, plain, forcible; speaking to the point. home'-spun, a. & s. [Eng. home, and spun.] A. As adjective: 1. Lit.: Spun or wrought at home; home-made; of domestic manufacture. "Instead of homespun coifs were seen Good pinners." Swift: Baucis and Philemon. 2. Fig .: Plain, homely, unaffected, rude. B. As substantive: 1. Lit.: Cloth spun or made at home. "Making the modest apparel of homespun." Long fellow: Miles Standish, iii. 2. Fig .: A coarse, homely, simple, or unpolished person. "What hempen homespuns have we swaggering here?" Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 1.