Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The operation of twisting ropes by means of a revolving wheel.
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Examples
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But in 1805, I again went to rope-spinning, and was soon acknowledged to be the best spinner in the country, so that again a choice of homes was again held out to me.
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Nor did I confine myself exclusively to the rope-spinning business.
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In addition to elephants, tigers, jugglers and aerial artists, the circus includes a high-wire motorcycle act, performing dogs, bareback riders and a "flag-waving, rope-spinning Western finale," according to the Kelly Miller Web site.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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In addition to elephants, tigers, jugglers and aerial artists, the circus includes a high-wire motorcycle act, performing dogs, bareback riders and a "flag-waving, rope-spinning Western finale," according to the Kelly Miller Web site.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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In addition to elephants, tigers, jugglers and aerial artists, the circus includes a high-wire motorcycle act, performing dogs, bareback riders and a "flag-waving, rope-spinning Western finale," according to the Kelly Miller Web site.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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In addition to elephants, tigers, jugglers and aerial artists, the circus includes a high-wire motorcycle act, performing dogs, bareback riders and a "flag-waving, rope-spinning Western finale," according to the Kelly Miller Web site.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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In addition to elephants, tigers, jugglers and aerial artists, the circus includes a high-wire motorcycle act, performing dogs, bareback riders and a "flag-waving, rope-spinning Western finale," according to the Kelly Miller Web site.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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In addition to elephants, tigers, jugglers and aerial artists, the circus includes a high-wire motorcycle act, performing dogs, bareback riders and a "flag-waving, rope-spinning Western finale," according to the Kelly Miller Web site.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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In addition to elephants, tigers, jugglers and aerial artists, the circus includes a high-wire motorcycle act, performing dogs, bareback riders and a "flag-waving, rope-spinning Western finale," according to the Kelly Miller Web site.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
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In addition to elephants, tigers, jugglers and aerial artists, the circus includes a high-wire motorcycle act, performing dogs, bareback riders and a "flag-waving, rope-spinning Western finale," according to the Kelly Miller Web site.
Brownsville Herald : 2010
hernesheir commented on the word rope-spinning
My great-uncle raised quarter horses and was one of the last of the old Idaho horse-traders. He spun his own ropes with a jig he made himself.
December 6, 2010