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Search phrase: spinner

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A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.21Hence, you longlegged spinners, hence!Hence you long leg'd Spinners, hence:
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iv.62Her waggon spokes made of long spinners' legs;her Waggon Spokes made of long Spinners legs:

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Fatestrio of goddesses who control human destiny: Atropos (‘the inflexible’) cuts the thread of life allotted and spun by Lachesis (‘the distributor’) and Clotho (‘the spinner’)
spinnerspider, cranefly, daddy-longlegs

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Classical mythology...tributor&rsquo ) and clotho (&lsquo the spinner&rsquo ) furies mnd v i 276 ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SPININSECTspinner n
SPINNERBASICsee SPIN

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