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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
Synonyms
Examples for "thread reel"
Examples for "thread reel"
1
But Pin, returning with the reel of thread, opened her eyes in a different way.
The Getting of Wisdom
2
He had taken a seat at my work-table; he now laid hands on a reel of thread which he proceeded recklessly to unwind.
Villette
3
A lady with small capital would like to meet another similarly situated, with a view to the joint purchase of a reel of thread.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920
4
This time we were better supplied with sounding tackle two reels of thread, a marlinspike, and our geological hammer.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition...

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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Bobbin through the time
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