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Bobbins is a webcomic written by John Allison . It ran from 21 September 1998 to 3 June 2002, but shifted into reruns with commentary on 17 May 2002. It has made occasional returns in John Allison's website in between his other comics since 2013. Webcomics ...
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n. 1 (plural of bobbin English) 2 (context Lancashire slang English) crap, rubbish, worthless
Usage examples of bobbins.
Dick Bobbins crept out of his hobhole and made his nightly journey up to the store.
Into the second compartment she led me, and placed on the counter, apparently all ready for me, were numerous boxes, some holding cards of buttons, and others, a jumble of coloured tapes and bobbins of thread.
In the mornings, surrounded by tapes, bobbins and bales of flannelette and drill, I released myself from the shop and went straight up through the fanlight into my dream world, the dream world which held the river and the wood and fells, and .
Before him, above a bin filled with small bobbins, were large bobbins revolving rapidly.
The small bobbins were emptied so rapidly, and there were so many large bobbins that did the emptying, that there were no idle moments.
Some of the boys shirked, wasting time and machinery by not replacing the small bobbins when they ran out.
Taran and Gurgi spun thread and filled bobbins during the next few days.