This is a reference to a person of a common sort, not a wealthy person, who could be identified as such by reference to homemade clothes made from coarse fabric they are wearing; a term slightly derogatory in nature.
The play is full of puns, usually dirty ones. The play starts out with Sampson and Gregory punning Sampson: Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry coals Gregory: No, for then we shall be colliers. Sampson: I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw. Gregory: Ay, while you live, draw your neck out of collar. The puns here are on "collier" (which means a person who delivers coal), "choler" (which means anger) and "collar" (which means the same as it does nowadays, although Gregory is probably thinking of a "hempen necktie", a noose)
It means "often". "Often" is actually a lengthened form of "oft"Oft is a poetic way of saying "often."Shakespeare's text is written in early modern English, not shakespeare talk. But I digress, oft means "often.""Oft" is the same word as "often". You will notice that words with -en at the end will sometimes have a form without the -en ending. Thus "hap" and "happen", "ope" and "open". Many of these appear to be adjectives formed from the past forms of words or from nouns, as "wooden" from "wood", "hempen" from "hemp", "shotten" from "shot".In the case of words like "often", the ending has survived after the reason for it has ceased to be.
The Homespun Age was a time when people made or homespun all of their clothings and belongings.
In a Hempen Bag - 1909 was released on: USA: 16 December 1909
Homespun Records was created in 1967.
Homespun - band - was created in 2003.
When my sister raised sheep, she would make homespun yarn for knitting.
a homespun is something that was homemade to wear.
not a use, but something that was done(an action) such as, Marie homespun her apparel. It's like home-made clothing.
The cast of Homespun Rebellion - 2013 includes: George Simolaris as himself
The web address of the North Carolina Homespun Museum is: http://www.grovewood.com
A Homespun Vamp - 1922 was released on: USA: 12 February 1922 France: 12 September 1924
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The address of the North Carolina Homespun Museum is: 111 Grovewood Rd, Asheville, NC 28804