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spinning wheel

a simple spinning machine fitted with a single spindle driven by the rotation of a large wheel spun by a foot treadle or by hand

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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