cotton press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cotton press
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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For the general reader it will scarcely be necessary or wise to describe a "cotton press" in detail.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Frederick Wilkinson
Take care of my cotton press, Graciella; I'll come in to-morrow evening and work on it some more.
From The Colonel's Dream by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
We are now putting the finishing-stroke to your cotton press, which was fearfully out of order.”
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
Across the street, and in the direction of the cotton press they proceeded.
From Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. by Jack Thorne
This press is worked by a lever, something like an old-style cotton press.
From History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest by Edward A. (Edward Austin) Johnson
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