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Igel

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13. Let the culture lesson continue.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:16 PM
Sep 10

If you worked in an office you knew what a spindle was. If you've seen old movies that involved office workers you've seen them. But since everybody knew what the prosaic object was, why mention it?

A receipt or bill or other transitory piece of paper comes in, you'd spindle it. You'd place it on what appears to be a sharp thick "needle" with usually a solid base. That was a "spindle."

No finger was wrapped around in the spindling of bills.

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