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Linsey-woolsey

Date "linsey-woolsey" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references)


Synonyms within Context: Linsey-woolsey

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Mixture

Adjective: mixed; Verb: implex, composite, half-and-half, linsey-woolsey, chowchow, hybrid, mongrel, heterogeneous; motley; (variegated); miscellaneous, promiscuous, indiscriminate; miscible.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Linsey-woolsey

English words defined with "linsey-woolsey": LinseyWoolsey. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Linsey-woolsey

DomainTitle

Books

  • Linsey-woolsey (reference)

  • Linsey-Woolsey and Pongees: John Hampton Atkinson: A Retrospective 1868-1953 (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Linsey-woolsey

Language Translations for "linsey-woolsey"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Manx

  

eglhinolley. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

insey-woolseylay

   

Russian 

  

грубая полушерстяная ткань. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

lời nói khó hiểu, lời nói không đâu vào đâu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Linsey-woolsey

Misspellings

"Linsey-woolsey" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: linsey-woolsy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Linsey-woolsey

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-l-n-o-o-s-s-w-y-y"

-3 letters: woolliness.

-4 letters: lowliness.

-5 letters: lewisson, lineless, senilely, wellness, wineless, woollens, woollies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Linsey-woolsey


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 69 6E 73 65 79 2D 77 6F 6F 6C 73 65 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01101001 01101110 01110011 01100101 01111001 00101101 01110111 01101111 01101111 01101100 01110011 01100101 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#105 &#110 &#115 &#101 &#121 &#45 &#119 &#111 &#111 &#108 &#115 &#101 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0069 006E 0073 0065 0079 002D 0077 006F 006F 006C 0073 0065 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4675808571911589818178857191

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