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
The cotton press is the first thing you get your eyes on when you approach a plantation, and then the gin house next.
From History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service by John R. Kinnear
When I went back to the cotton press the boys did not know me.
From The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion by Samuel A. Swiggett
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
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
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