spinning machine
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His father operated a spinning machine at a textile factory.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2022
In 1791, Hamilton authorized the Treasury to pay $48 to subsidize the living expenses of an English weaver who pledged to deliver to the U.S. a copycat version of a British spinning machine.
From Washington Times • Mar. 28, 2019
A worker checks the spinning machine while standing on a robotized cart.
From The Verge • Feb. 20, 2018
“He sounded exhausted, like he’d been inside some spinning machine designed by aliens to test the effects of stress on humans.”
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2015
This machine made a soft and moderately twisted strand or roving, and if much twist had been put in, it would have refused to draw out finer at the spinning machine.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick