Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who spins with a mule.
- noun Same as
mule , 5.
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Examples
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Women and boys were here, doffer boys to lift off the full bobbins of yarn with one hand and set on the empty bobbins with the other: while skilled workmen, alert for the first sign of trouble, followed up and down in its travels the long frame of the mule-spinner.
The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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Women and boys were here, doffer boys to lift off the full bobbins of yarn with one hand and set on the empty bobbins with the other: while skilled workmen, alert for the first sign of trouble, followed up and down in its travels the long frame of the mule-spinner.
The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 1 Winston Churchill 1909
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Women and boys were here, doffer boys to lift off the full bobbins of yarn with one hand and set on the empty bobbins with the other: while skilled workmen, alert for the first sign of trouble, followed up and down in its travels the long frame of the mule-spinner.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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The word stuck, and the mule-spinner is with us wherever cotton is spun.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885
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