| 单词 | jack spinner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack spinner jack spinner n. Spinning (originally U.S., now historical) a person whose job is to operate a jack (sense 17). ΚΠ 1849 N.Y. Herald 2 June (Afternoon ed.) (advt.) Wanted—workmen in a woollen factory,..also, a few good Jack Spinners. 1904 Boston Sunday Globe 7 Aug. 2/1 Mr Corcoran was a jack spinner in Dracut. 2004 L. W. Potts & A. M. Sligar Watkins Mill vii. 126 In the course of a day, a jack spinner could usually fill two and a half sets of spindles. < as lemmas |
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