cotton mill

noun

1. a factory for producing cotton fabrics, thread, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cotton mill¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

It was originally used as a cotton mill, but in 1822 it was made into a woolen factory.

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The first engine so employed was installed in a cotton mill in Nottingham in 1785.

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The work of the spool tenders seemed to the present writer to be the severest work for women in this cotton mill.

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By and large, the wages of the women workers in the cotton mill had been increased by Scientific Management.

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Jimmy had begun to ponder where he went, and she wondered whether he would see he ought to return to the cotton mill.

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