cotton flannel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cotton flannel
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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From the on-trend outdoors-y designers at The Normal Brand, this cotton flannel is golf-ready.
From Golf Digest ● Dec. 12, 2019
But the ax-wielding Canadian has one more thing hidden up his 100% cotton flannel sleeve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2017
But far worse than this was the fact that she was still in her clothes, for she had firmly refused the offer of Mae’s spare nightgown, with its seeming miles of faded cotton flannel.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
And a man’s work shirt, cotton flannel, and boys’ tennis shoes.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
I then returned to the use of the mercury gauge, and took the precaution to cover my pad with cotton flannel, as a protection from the light and from other sources of destruction.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various
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