Usually means: Spool for holding thread, yarn.
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  1. bobbin: Merriam-Webster
  2. bobbin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bobbin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bobbin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bobbin: Vocabulary.com
  6. bobbin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. bobbin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. bobbin: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Bobbin, bobbin: Dictionary.com
  10. bobbin: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Bobbin (disambiguation), Bobbin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Bobbin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. bobbin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. bobbin: Rhymezone
  15. Bobbin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. bobbin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. bobbin: FreeDictionary.org
  18. bobbin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. bobbin: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Bobbin, bobbin: Wordnik
  21. bobbin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  22. bobbin: Wiktionary
  23. bobbin: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bobbin: Encyclopedia

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  1. bobbin, bobbin: Urban Dictionary

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Embroidery Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.
noun:  In a sewing machine, the small spool that holds the lower thread.
noun:  The little rounded piece of wood at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
noun:  (haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.

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