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spinning jenny

NOUN
  1. an early spinning machine with multiple spindles

How To Use spinning jenny In A Sentence

  • The first solution to this bottleneck appeared around 1765 when James Hargreaves, a carpenter by trade, invented his cotton-spinning jenny.
  • In 1767, James Hargreaves, a Oswaldtwistle weaver, put East Lancashire on the map when he invented the Spinning Jenny, which was also used to spin wool.
  • The advent of the spinning jenny did not at first destroy home employment in spinning.
  • The slubbing billy came into use by the 1790s and looked very similar to an early spinning jenny.
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