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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a spool" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a cylindrical device used to wind or store thread, wire, or other flexible materials.
Example: "She carefully placed the thread on a spool before starting her sewing project."
Alternatives: "a reel" or "a bobbin".
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With one omission: Anne Tyler's A Spool of Blue Thread (Vintage).
Take a spool of twine.
Close up of a spool.
Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread.
Filament can typically run from $30 to $50 a spool.
To Macy's maybe, to pick up a spool of thread?
One work looks like an envelope, another like a spool.
A Spool of Blue Thread, her 20th, is no exception.
A Spool of Blue Thread, by Anne Tyler (Knopf).
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler (Vintage, £7.99).
A Spool of Blue Thread is published by Chatto, £18.99.
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