"Spin out" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... extension of time; delay &c. (lateness) 133. V. last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years. tarry &c. (be late) 133; drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time. outlast, outlive; survive; live to fight again. Adj. durable; lasting &c. v.; of long duration, of long-standing; permanent, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... cuts. He was receiving six tickets weekly from the Relief Committee, which, except the proceeds of a little employment now and then, was all that the family of nine had to depend upon for food, firing, clothes, and rent. He said that he was forced to make every little spin out as far as it would; but it kept him bare and busy, and held his nose "everlastingly deawn to th' grindlestone." But he didn't know that it was any use complaining about a thing that neither master nor man could help. He durst say that he ...
— Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine • Edwin Waugh
... exclaimed the justice. "The court is adjourned till after dinner. I hope the distinguished gentleman will be able to spin out his ...
— Freaks of Fortune - or, Half Round the World • Oliver Optic |
