spinner

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That he was willing to dance down the pitch to the spinner was an encouraging sign and a throwback to the days when he loved to attack.

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  1. noun One that spins: a spinner of flax; a spinner of tall tales.
  2. noun A fishing lure that rotates rapidly.
  3. noun A fairing fitted over the hub of the propeller in some aircraft.
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  • The charge of being a mere tune-spinner, the denial of invention, depth, and character, have been common watchwords in the mouths of critics wedded to other schools. —  Great Italian and French Composers
  • Sri Lanka - Muttiah Muralitharan (already 35) as threatening as the spinner is, Ajantha Mendis is the new spin king and will likely knock him off his perch. —  Cricket365
  • The off-spinner, according to an Australian newspaper, immediately informed NSW officials, who conducted an in-house urine test which showed traces of cocaine. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • MELBOURNE: Former Australian spinner Stuart MacGill has expressed his sympathy with Beau Casson and feels the young leg-spinner was a victim of Australian selectors long-held assumption that finger spinners are better suited for Indian pitches than wrist spinners. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • That he was willing to dance down the pitch to the spinner was an encouraging sign and a throwback to the days when he loved to attack. —  Top Stories - Google News
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  1. from Middle English spinnere, spynner, spinnare (= D. G. spinner = Swedish spinnare = Danish spinder); from spin + -er. Cf. spider.
  2. Middle English spynner; origin obscure.
 

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