cotton mill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cotton mill
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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Samuel Slater, born in 1768 into a farming family in Derbyshire, England, was apprenticed at age 14 to the owner of a cotton mill that was using the novel Arkwright water frame.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Colonial authorities, meanwhile, transform the Worli chawls - tenement housing for cotton mill workers - into makeshift prisons for detained nationalists.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
At 13, he worked in an Allegheny cotton mill, changing bobbins 6 days a week, 12 hours a day.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Young Henry then went to work in a cotton mill.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2022
Being as Mr. Sheffield owned the cotton mill, I thought she might like to see where some of his money went.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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