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bobbin

[bob-in] / ˈbɒb ɪn /


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And how long before this hyperbaric, ultrasonic sewing machine spins a bobbin?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

In the adjoining bathroom, you’ll find brass switchplates and a hand-drawn and -painted black-and-white encaustic tile inspired by European antique bobbin furniture legs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

Our bobbin then joins scores of others and is submerged into a huge boiling kettle of dye.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2017

Spinning like a bobbin, she wraps fabric around her body as fast as others can pull it off.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2017

Abuela’s hands threading the bobbin at her sewing machine.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina




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