Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yarn-reel or a yarn-spooler.
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Examples
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She missed the armfuls of wood in her wood-box, that she had to fill laboriously, two sticks at a time; she missed the other plate at her tiny round table, the other chair beside her fire; she missed that dark, thin, sensitive face, with its rare and sweet smile; she wanted her story-teller, her yarn-winder, her protector, back again.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various
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_Garnvinde_; Eng., reel or yarn-winder) aside, whilst standing by her _back-bword_ (Dan.,
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 Various 1836
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