1849 2 June (Afternoon ed.) (advt.) Wanted—workmen in a woollen factory,..also, a few good Jack Spinners.
1904 7 Aug. 2/1 Mr Corcoran was a jack spinner in Dracut.
2004 L. W. Potts & A. M. Sligar vii. 126 In the course of a day, a jack spinner could usually fill two and a half sets of spindles.