Crossword-Solution: BOBBIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bobbin | n. | A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension. |
| Bobbin | n. | A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc. |
| Bobbin | n. | The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch. |
| Bobbin | n. | A fine cord or narrow braid. |
| Bobbin | n. | A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current. |
We have 30 clues for the answer “BOBBIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Ribbon holder, maybe | 1 answer |
| Thread winds up on it | 1 answer |
| Thread supplier | 1 answer |
| Spool for winding thread | 1 answer |
| Spool for thread or yarn | 1 answer |
| Spool for thread endlessly going up and down | 1 answer |
| Spool for thread | 1 answer |
| Spinning spool | 1 answer |
| Singer's piece | 1 answer |
| Singer part? | 1 answer |
| Sewing-machine part | 1 answer |
| Sewing machine spool | 1 answer |
| Sewing machine spindle | 1 answer |
| Cuttin' hair? | 1 answer |
| Certain spool | 1 answer |
| Reel for thread | 1 answer |
| Reel for yarn | 2 answers |
| Thread holder | 4 answers |
| Spool | 8 answers |
| Spindle | 10 answers |
| fulcrum | 10 answers |
| axis | 12 answers |
| Quill | 13 answers |
| LACE, variety of | 14 answers |
| AXLE ___ | 16 answers |
| CYLINDER ___ | 18 answers |
| swivel | 18 answers |
| Reel | 28 answers |
| Pivot | 56 answers |
| Lace | 64 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BOBBIN (5)
Several exclaimed meditatively, after this operation had been completed:— “Oh, ’tis the new shepherd, a’ b’lieve.” “We thought we heard a hand pawing about the door for the bobbin, but weren’t sure ’twere not a dead leaf blowed across,” said another.
Our Chaplain's got a banjo, an' a skinny mule 'e rides, An' the stuff 'e says an' sings us, Lord, it makes us split our sides! With 'is black coat-tails a-bobbin' to _Ta-ra-ra Boom-der-ay!_ 'E's the proper kind o' _padre_ for ten deaths a day.
Trot watered the Magic Flower every day and allowed no one in her room to see the beautiful blossoms except her friends, Betsy Bobbin and Dorothy.
Then we rowed like devils fur the lot of stuff that was bobbin' about on the water, out where the Mary Auguster had been.
The little man took the necklace, sat himself down at the wheel, and whir, whir, whir, the wheel went round three times, and the bobbin was full.
Quotes with BOBBIN (3)
Before me floats an image, man or shade, Shade more than man, more image than a shade; For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth May unwind the winding path; A mouth that has no moisture and no breath Breathless mouths may summon;("Byzantium")
Birds are flyin' south for winter. Here's the Weird-Bird headin' north, Wings a-flappin', beak a-chatterin',Cold head bobbin' back 'n' forth. He says, "It's not that I like ice Or freezin' winds and snowy ground. It's just sometimes it's kind of nice To be the only bird in town.
I love 'Teach Yourself' books. I bought an old weaving loom and had no time for classes, but one 'Teach Yourself' later, and my bobbin is flying.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1971–2017).