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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: bobine

bobbin

 noun
     
Related topics: Household, Sewing and Knitting
bob‧bin [countable]
DHDLH a small round object that you wind thread onto, especially for a sewing machine [↪ spool, reel]
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