cotton press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cotton press
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Passing the rail-way, in the vicinity of which is the Gentilly road, the famous duelling ground, we arrived at the "cotton press," a short distance below, on the left, fronting the river.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt
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
There are exports of cotton and saltpetre; and the town has a steam cotton press.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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 Wilkinson, Frederick
Its principal manufactures are gunpowder, carpets, brick, cotton press machinery, and coffin hardware.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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