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单词 jenny-spinner
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jenny-spinnern.

Brit. /ˈdʒɛnɪˌspɪnə/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛniˌspɪnər/
1. A popular name in the north of the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Tipulidae > member of (crane-fly)
crane-fly1658
harry-long-legs1676
tailor1682
long legs1721
father-long-legs1742
Tipula1752
tommy-long-legs1800
Tom Tailor1800
meadow crane fly1813
jenny-spinner1817
daddy-long-legs1829
spinner-fly1848
granddaddy-long-legs1858
tipulid1893
1817 Edinb. Evening Courant 1 Sept. The worm which so much injured the oat crop this season is the progeny of the fly..with long legs and body, called jenny-spinners. It belongs to the order diptera, and the genus tipula.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Jenny-spinner, or Long-legg'd tyalyur.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Jenny-spinner..the insect called daddy-long-legs or Harry-long-legs.
2. A child's teetotum.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun]
top13..
spilquernc1375
prill1440
spilcockc1440
whirligigc1440
nun1585
nun-gig1615
Roaring Meg1632
totum1706
teetotum1720
spinner1799
spinning-top1821
jenny-spinner1824
diabolo1905
dreidel1916
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. Jennie Spinner, a toy.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Jinny-spinner, a play-thing among children.
3. One who spins with a jenny.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > machine > types of > one who
jenny-spinner1828
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 871 The Cotton Lords claim the superiority for Arkwright, the jenny-spinner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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