bobbin
pronunciation
How to pronounce bobbin in British English:
UK [ˈbɒbɪn]
How to pronounce bobbin in American English:
US [ˈbɑbɪn]
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- Noun:
- a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
Word Origin
- bobbin (n.)
- 1520s, from French bobine, small instrument used in sewing or tapestry-making, perhaps from Latin balbus (see babble (v.)) for the stuttering, stammering noise it made.
Example
- 1. When flaccid , his member was little more than a bobbin .
- 2. Replace the bobbin or the bobbin case .
- 3. Using a bobbin can prevent different wires from intertwining with each other .
- 4. Andrew carnegie started out as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory .
- 5. Bobbin : elongated spool of thread , used in the textile industry .