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spinner

 noun
     
Related topics: Cricket, Other Sports, Material, Textiles
spin‧ner [countable]
1TIM someone whose job is to make thread by twisting cotton, wool etc
2DSC a bowler in a game of cricket who throws the ball with a spinning action
spinner
3DSO a thing used for catching fish that spins when pulled through the water
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