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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

After a trip through a huge dryer, our bobbin is fresh and dry, then we're back in the car and heading up the road to Burnley.

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

My shoes and my little satchel with the bobbin and waterskin.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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