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  • noun Plural form of bobbin.
  • noun Lancashire, slang crap, rubbish, worthless

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Examples

  • Well, there were a few things that weren't fantastic – they were "bobbins" – but that only made the fantastic stuff more fantastic.

    Frank Sidebottom's gone. I can barely believe it 2010

  • The flyer is a different shape too, and won`t accomodate the new Mazurka bobbins which is a pity as the new bobbins have two ratios.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Spinningfishwife 2006

  • The flyer is a different shape too, and won`t accomodate the new Mazurka bobbins which is a pity as the new bobbins have two ratios.

    January 2006 Spinningfishwife 2006

  • The flyer is a different shape too, and won`t accomodate the new Mazurka bobbins which is a pity as the new bobbins have two ratios.

    My Mazurka. Spinningfishwife 2006

  • It has taken one long step forward, for now it is not coiled up in cans, but is wound on "bobbins," or great spools.

    Makers of Many Things Eva March Tappan 1892

  • RH Tawney.had the measure of this kind of bobbins about 80 years ago: "While natural endowments differ profoundly, it is the mark of a civilised society to aim at eliminating such inequalities as have their source, not in individual differences, but in its own organisation."

    The Guardian World News Julian Glover 2010

  • Knots of bird exploded, coalesced, twisted in ribbons, doubled and slid sideways, mounted in loose circles, became winged bobbins hurtling through a random warp of mosquitoes.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Knots of bird exploded, coalesced, twisted in ribbons, doubled and slid sideways, mounted in loose circles, became winged bobbins hurtling through a random warp of mosquitoes.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Knots of bird exploded, coalesced, twisted in ribbons, doubled and slid sideways, mounted in loose circles, became winged bobbins hurtling through a random warp of mosquitoes.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

  • Knots of bird exploded, coalesced, twisted in ribbons, doubled and slid sideways, mounted in loose circles, became winged bobbins hurtling through a random warp of mosquitoes.

    Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

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  • "rubbish"

    March 4, 2009