: an early multiple-spindle machine for spinning wool or cotton
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Creative destruction reallocates society’s resources from less productive pursuits to more productive ones—from spinning jennies to factories, for example, or from horse-and-buggies to motorcars.
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Alan Greenspan, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
Alan Greenspan, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
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Etymology
Jenny, nickname for Jane
First Known Use
1783, in the meaning defined above
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spinning jenny
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spinning jen·ny
ˈspin-iŋ-ˌjen-ē 
: an early machine for spinning wool or cotton by means of many spindles
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