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Hinkley Manor, which "had never been restored or preserved or quainted up with spinning-wheels and wrought-iron lanterns," is a world of feminine ideals in which many readers will discover a Victorian heritage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Four spinning-wheels of varying sizes were in plain view between us and the front window.

From Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm by Fogarty, Thomas

Then, as the huntsmen advance toward you, you will see each cast longing looks at the spinning-wheels, which, if they were men, you must grant they would not do.”

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)

Sometimes he would gather round him a crowd of old women with their spinning-wheels and listen to their gossip, sometimes he would hear the stories of children from the street.

From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various

About one hundred women and girls came with their spinning-wheels and set them to humming beneath the trees.

From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Coffin, Charles Carleton