From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Material & textiles, Cricket, Other sportsspinnerspin‧ner /ˈspɪnə $ -ər/ noun [countable]1TIMsomeone whose job is to make thread by twistingcotton, wool etc2DSCa bowler in a game of cricket who throws the ball with a spinning action3
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DSOa thing used for catching fish that spins when pulled through the water →money-spinnerExamples from the Corpusspinner• He became a spinner in a Preston cotton-mill, but disliked the restricted life and left at the age of seventeen.• Another bowler with similar hopes is left-arm spinner Paul Booth.• These mulespinners, assisted by women and children, were an elite group in the early textilemills.• Aberystwyth's spinners did the damage with second teamer Alun Davies taking four-10 and Anthony Evans 3-28.• The spinnerdipped under the water.• One aircraft was fitted with a R-1340 gearedengine and a three-bladed constantspeedpropeller with spinner.