2. Noun. (Lancashire slang) crap, rubbish, worthless ¹
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Definition of Bobbins
1. bobbin [n] - See also: bobbin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bobbins
Literary usage of Bobbins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cotton Spinner and Managers' and Carders' Guide: A Practical by Robert H. Baird (1851)
"SPEEDER-bobbins AND SKEWERS. All these machines should stand firm, level, and
square, and each speeder should be provided with two setts of skewers, ..."
2. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1902)
"Twenty-four bobbins from the second box are placed on a creel attached to the third,
... Thirty of these bobbins are then taken to the fourth, or 6-spindle ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"It consists of two or more upright frames or creels я, a, capable of holding
ranged above each other a certain number of bobbins, from which the yarn may be ..."
4. The Worcester Almanac, Directory and Business Advertiser by American Genealogical Lending Library (1883)
"bobbins Chloe T. widow of Zenas, boards 108 Vernon bobbins Edward, ... 118 Front
bobbins Elisha, bds. 5 Davis [Salem bobbins Fayette C. painter, 21 Grafton, ..."
5. The Electrical Engineer (1889)
"The bobbins are formed of corrugated copper strip (by means of which a very rigid
construction of armature is secured without necessitating a ..."
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