| 单词 | jenny-spinner | 
| 释义 | jenny-spinnern. 1.  A popular name in the north of the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > 			[noun]		 > suborder Nematocera > family Tipulidae > member of (crane-fly) crane-fly1658 harry-long-legs1676 tailor1682 long legs1721 father-long-legs1742 Tipula1752 tommy-long-legs1800 Tom Tailor1800 meadow crane fly1813 jenny-spinner1817 daddy-long-legs1829 spinner-fly1848 granddaddy-long-legs1858 tipulid1893 1817    Edinb. Evening Courant 1 Sept.  				The worm which so much injured the oat crop this season is the progeny of the fly..with long legs and body, called jenny-spinners. It belongs to the order diptera, and the genus tipula. 1825    J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words  				Jenny-spinner, or Long-legg'd tyalyur. 1893    R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words  				Jenny-spinner..the insect called daddy-long-legs or Harry-long-legs.  2.  A child's teetotum. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > 			[noun]		 top13.. spilquernc1375 prill1440 spilcockc1440 whirligigc1440 nun1585 nun-gig1615 Roaring Meg1632 totum1706 teetotum1720 spinner1799 spinning-top1821 jenny-spinner1824 diabolo1905 dreidel1916 1824    J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl.  				Jennie Spinner, a toy. 1825    J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words  				Jinny-spinner, a play-thing among children.  3.  One who spins with a jenny. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > 			[noun]		 > spinning > machine > types of > one who jenny-spinner1828 1828    Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 871  				The Cotton Lords claim the superiority for Arkwright, the jenny-spinner. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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