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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In spinning: In a bobbin-frame, a flyer having a spring-arm or -finger (called presser) which presses against the bobbin to regulate the tension in winding on the yarn as it is spun.
  • noun A bobbin-frame on which presser-flyers are used.

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