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What is a bobbin?

What is a bobbin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
  2. In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
  3. The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
  4. (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
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If I don't hold the bobbin on the spindle, it slides just far enough out that the notch slides out of place and it won't wind.
Visitors can get a glimpse of the man whose life began modestly on a family farm and whose first job was as a bobbin boy in a cotton mill.
Thread the machine needle with white thread and the bobbin with red thread.
A quantity of lace includes Chantilly, Brussels, Flemish, Antwerp, and Devon bobbin lace.
Based on the original fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, this dance theatre work unwinds its thread from the story like spun gold on a bobbin.
Thread the sewing machine with monofilament thread in the needle and thread to match the felt in the bobbin.

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