"I'm what they call a bobbin-girl -- I tie the threads on the bobbins when they are empty.". From Wordnik.com. [Samuel the Seeker] Reference
With nice thread in bobbin and on the top of the machine, either do some FMQ, or just stich some simple lines, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Arch revisted, box in detail - and a great postcard] Reference
She went to the weddin 'bobbin' red white and blue. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender (3)] Reference
A bobbin, which is, after all, only a needle with an extra long thread. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
"I shouldn't call bobbin 'up an' down in one spot fur two mortal hours lingerin '. From Wordnik.com. [Flood Tide] Reference
Down below it are some rolls between which the thread from the bobbin passes to a second bobbin which is fast on a spindle. From Wordnik.com. [Makers of Many Things] Reference
But I jest shet the door in his face, and went off upstairs into the west chamber, and went to windin 'bobbin's for my carpet. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician] Reference
So I said to the old person, an 'she took a fit o' bobbin 'to me, and then she ran off a-talkin' to herself. ". From Wordnik.com. [Love of Brothers] Reference
A form of winding, like a string wound around a bobbin. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
So Little Red Riding-Hood pulled the bobbin and went inside. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Fairy Tales] Reference
Fontaine's fable like the thread from a bobbin run by steam. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The "Robbin, a bobbin, the big-bellied Ben" parody alluded to Dan. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
"Pull the bobbin and the latch will go up," said the old grandmother. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Fairy Tales] Reference
With a snarl and a glare he passed on while Shiloh flew to her bobbin. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
At first the filling thread was wound on a stick making a primitive bobbin. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
Main Street, when I saw Mary Sam's solferino bonnet bobbin 'up and down inside. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
From this machine the roving is wound on a bobbin ready for the spinning frame. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
Top-load bobbin Lets you drop the bobbin directly into the machine without fiddling. From Wordnik.com. [Look for these features when buying a sewing machine] Reference
This sliver is wound on a bobbin, and taken from the card to the mule spinning frame. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The bobbin enters the loom rather high up, for there the division of threads is greatest. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Its office is to constitute a drag upon the yarn, by means of which the latter is wound upon a bobbin. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The thread composing the woof is wound upon a wooden bobbin or shuttle, such as that shown in fig. 174. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Andrew Carnegie starts as a bobbin boy, and becomes a millionaire; but there were many other bobbin boys. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
It was a lonesome, insignificant place with nothing to indicate its selection as a bobbin for threads of destiny. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
For three years after her arrival in South East, Bridget O'Hara stood beside her wheel, and fed her bobbin faithfully. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
It is naturally more difficult to draw by means of bobbin and thread, in horizontal lines, than to work unrestrictedly with. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
She gossips along, and scribbles, with the indefatigable finger of a maker of bobbin lace, or a German knitter of stockings. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
He learned to twist it by knotting the thread around the spindle or bobbin on which he wound it and twirling this in the air. From Wordnik.com. [An American Robinson Crusoe for American Boys and Girls] Reference
So the wolf pulled the bobbin and opened the door, and sprang upon the poor old grandmother and ate her all up in a twinkling. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Fairy Tales] Reference
Wind on another bobbin some wool and weave it to and fro until the space between the woven portion and the red line is filled in. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
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