ˈjenny-spinner
1. A popular name in the north of the crane-fly or daddy-long-legs.
| 1817 Edinb. Even. Courant 1 Sept. (Jam.), The worm which so much injured the oat crop this season is the progeny of the fly..with long legs and body, called jenny-spinners. It belongs to the order diptera, and the genus tipula. 1825 Brockett, Jenny-spinner, or Long-legg'd tyalyur. 1893 Northumbld. Gloss., Jenny-spinner..the insect called daddy-long-legs or Harry-long-legs. |
2. A child's teetotum.
| 1824 Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl., Jennie Spinner, a toy. 1825 Brockett, Jinny-spinner, a play-thing among children. |
3. One who spins with a jenny.
| 1828 Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 871 The Cotton Lords claim the superiority for Arkwright, the jenny-spinner. |