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German
Etymology
From Spinner + -in.
Pronunciation
Noun
Spinnerin f (genitive Spinnerin, plural Spinnerinnen, masculine Spinner)
- A female spinner who makes yarn.
1821, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre , volume 3:Zeisige und Stieglitze, in Käfigen aufgehangen, zwitschern dazwischen, und nicht leicht möchte ein Bild regeren Lebens gefunden werden als in einer Stube, wo mehrere Spinnerinnen arbeiten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (vulgar) A female idiot
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