A trimmer head (25) for a hand-held cutting device (10) may include a first housing portion (100), a line holding assembly (110, 110') to hold and selectively release trimmer line (70), and a second housing portion (120) operably coupled to the first housing portion (100) to house the line holding assembly (110, 110'). The line holding assembly (110, 110') may include a spool (130, 130') configured to hold the trimmer line (70) and a core (140, 140') operably coupled to the spool (130, 130'). The line holding assembly (110, 110') may be configured such that rotational movement of the core (140, 140') causes corresponding movement of the spool (130, 130'), but movement of the core (140, 140') in an axial direction does not cause corresponding movement of the spool (130, 130').
