To draw and twist fibers in order to prepare them for spinning.
Fabric fiber produced by slubbing.
A small thickened portion or knot found on linen yarn, caused by defects.
The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.