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- Dictionaryspin·ning jen·ny/spɪnɪŋˈdʒeni/
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- 1. a machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time, patented by James Hargreaves in 1770. historical
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The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented in 1764–1765 by James Hargreaves in Stan hill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England. Wikipedia