spinstry

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noun

The business of one who spins; spinning (of yarn)

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounspinstry (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe business of one who spins; spinning (of yarn)

    What new Decency then can be added to this by your spinstry?

    1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC
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APA

spinstry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinstry

MLA

“spinstry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinstry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinstry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinstry.

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