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spinning wheel

 noun
     
spinning wheel
Related topics: Sewing and Knitting, Material, Textiles
spinning wheel [countable]
TIMDLH a simple machine consisting of a wheel on a frame that people used in their homes in the past for making cotton, wool etc into thread
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