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• n  a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

• Instead of a bobbin and shuttle, the new machines pushed loops of yarn back and forth through a mat like a sewing machine, and did it seven to eight times faster than looms.
• Last year Sears, Roebuck sold the astronomical number of 500,000,000 separate itemseverything from a one-ounce sewing bobbin to a 2,200-lb.
• Quick-witted, shrewd and resilient, he survived a Dickensian adolescence that included working as a bobbin boy in a textile mill.

• spool
• reel

News & Articles

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• A trace of lace: Hamilton woman shows off bobbin lace at the Darby Doll Show
  The practice of braiding and twisting lengths of thread wound around bobbins to create intricate designs was once a more common practice than spinning or sewing for many Europeans. 
  June 27, 2013 - Ravalli Republic

Quotes

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• Jerry Manuel in Hartford Courant
  I feel like I'm bobbin' and weavin',said manager Jerry Manuel. "Every now and then I get caught. Bam!"
• George Gillett in SportingNews.com
  We're a private, family organization, and we don't comment or speculate,Gillett said. "I was at 11 (NASCAR) races last year, but nobody saw me. I'm a fan. I've sponsored racecars, and I used to race myself. I'm the best flobbin bobbin...