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Meanings of bobbin in English

Portuguese
bobina
Catalan
bobina
Wikidata

A winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound.

        bobina
        Russian
        катушка
        Portuguese
        bobina
        Wikidata

        Spool or cylinder around which thread or yarn is coiled.

              катушка

              Thread spool.

                    Usage of bobbin in English
                    1
                    No one should go to their grave without an automatic bobbin, surely.
                    Harvest Home
                    2
                    She wants you to show her how to use the automatic bobbin.
                    Harvest Home
                    3
                    Your place is at a bobbin frame, it isn't on a platform.
                    The Measure of a Man
                    4
                    Sue took out her bobbin entirely and set it on the floor.
                    No one belongs here more than you: stories
                    5
                    She pants as she pulls at the bobbin of the latch.
                    Gudrid the Fair / A Tale of the Discovery of America
                    6
                    From this point, the path followed to the bobbin is that described above.
                    The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth
                    7
                    A prince of artisans, as I am queen of the bobbin.
                    Poor Relations
                    8
                    I would carry bobbin all my life before I would be an actor.
                    The Bobbin Boy; or, How Nat Got His learning
                    9
                    Far as I could see was dusty, black, bobbin', shaggy humps.
                    The Light of the Western Stars
                    10
                    It is only a step from 'picker boy' to 'bobbin boy.'
                    The Bobbin Boy; or, How Nat Got His learning
                    11
                    I declare I thought I'd go to the grave without an automatic bobbin, surely.
                    Harvest Home
                    12
                    She was still having the trouble with the bobbin this week, as I was.
                    No one belongs here more than you: stories
                    13
                    Wogan drew a breath of relief, pulled the bobbin, and pushed the doors open.
                    Clementina
                    14
                    At first the filling thread was wound on a stick making a primitive bobbin.
                    Textiles and Clothing
                    15
                    It's just a game. Rose leaned closer to the bobbin to inspect the stitch.
                    The man who ate the 747
                    16
                    You don't have to unthread machine to wind a bobbin.
                    Wired
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