/ ˈbɒbɪn; NAmE ˈbɑːbɪn/ noun
a small device on which you wind thread, used, for example, in a sewing machine
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from French bobine , of unknown origin.
/ ˈbɒbɪn; NAmE ˈbɑːbɪn/ noun
a small device on which you wind thread, used, for example, in a sewing machine
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from French bobine , of unknown origin.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005