cotton mill

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cotton mill

First recorded in 1785–95

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cotton mill

It was Brown, a Rhode Island blue blood whose name now adorns an Ivy League university, who in 1790 financed Slater’s stolen ideas for a state-of-the-art cotton mill.

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

Now, Robbie Delaney is pouring nearly $4 million into renovating the county’s oldest remaining cotton mill into a rum distillery and event venue, which is slated to open in June.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

After finishing the eighth grade, Mr. Kuenzel left school to work as an auto mechanic, and helped raise his stepsiblings and cousins while taking jobs in construction and at a cotton mill.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2022

Valentina followed her mother into working at the Krasny Perekop cotton mill at the age of 16.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson