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- noun Plural form of
dobby .
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Examples
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Currently two types of dobbies are used: modern dobbies which are efficient, high speed (200 picks per minute) and expensive; and older, less efficient, cheaper dobbies used throughout the Third World.
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These local low-cost dobbies, copied from imports, are cumbersome, difficult to maintain and slow
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Although this is still higher than current local dobbies (which sell for Can $250), the low maintenance costs and higher quality fabrics made possible with the PAKCAN dobby make it attractive to small weaving enterprises.
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Its advantages over dobbies in current use include:
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A double index dobbies, the dobby chain run like that all the time.
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He's one of them freytens a boo or a dobbies off Dardale Moss, that's always astir wi 'the like after nightfall; unless -- Lord save us!
Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843
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For those who refuse to let a bit of wind and rain cramp their style, Barbour comes up trumps with this nifty gilet, which scores in both the warmth and looks departments. www. dobbies.co.uk This fur-lined hat with chin flap will get the nod from most trend-setters - similar headgear has graced the bonces of Lily Allen and Agyness Deyn - and it feels pretty cosy, too. www. jamesandjames.com
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Combination of rapier & airjet looms with dobbies and jacquards
Free Apparel News – Apparel RSS XML Feeds – Fibre2fashion.com 2009
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For those who refuse to let a bit of wind and rain cramp their style, Barbour comes up trumps with this nifty gilet, which scores in both the warmth and looks departments. www. dobbies.co.uk This fur-lined hat with chin flap will get the nod from most trend-setters - similar headgear has graced the bonces of Lily Allen and Agyness Deyn - and it feels pretty cosy, too. www. jamesandjames.com
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Combination of rapier & airjet looms with dobbies and jacquards
Free Apparel News – Apparel RSS XML Feeds – Fibre2fashion.com 2009
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