mule spinning

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a process of spinning that produces extremely fine yarn by drawing and twisting the roving, and winding the resultant yarn onto a bobbin or spindle in the form of a cop.

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Compare ring spinning.

Origin of mule spinning

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby mule spinning

mule-fat, muleheaded, mules, mule skinner, Mules operation, mule spinning, muleta, muleteer, mule train, muley, muley saw

Example sentences from the Web for mule spinning

That distant whirring sound you hear is a long-dead Greek physician spinning in his grave.
Why So Many Surgeons Are Psychos|Russell Saunders|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He's dazzling, fielding questions, spinning out anecdotes and limericks, sounding 35 and hungry for publicity.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The powerful forces of gravity and magnetism channel matter into huge flattened spinning platters known as accretion disks.
The Black Hole Tango|Matthew R. Francis|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I always visualized history,” he recalled, “but her spinning native cotton with that wheel transported me into it.
We All Have a Rosebud in Our Pasts|Sam Roberts|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

To that regard, Mulaney opens with its star spinning a longer joke-yarn based on something that had really happened to him.
Is John Mulaney the Next Seinfeld?|Kevin Fallon|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
At this moment the tinkling of a mule's bells, mingled with the song of the muleteer, came on the air.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Massed on the plateau above the mule-path, the whole population of the village stood to watch them down the steep descent.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Remember how often you used to scold me for tangling the yarn, when you were spinning on the great wheel.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
On crossing it for the first time, I perceived lying about me half putrid cats and dogs—and even a mule in the same state.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer

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