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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

We hand over our pink bobbin and it's mounted on to the loom.

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

It was about the shape of a corncob, only a little larger and hollowed out so that it could carry a bobbin or quill of weft thread.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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