Cotton Belt

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noun

(sometimes lowercase) the part of the southern U.S. where cotton is grown, originally Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, but now often extended to include parts of Texas and California.

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Origin of Cotton Belt

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Words nearby Cotton Belt

cottier, cotton, cottonade, cotton ball, cotton batting, Cotton Belt, cotton bollworm, cotton bud, cotton bush, cotton cake, cotton candy

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How to use Cotton Belt in a sentence

They want to change bad behaviors—tobacco, alcohol, using a seat belt, anything.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball?|Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now they are a notch on a belt, and the savior can feel good about themselves.
To Catch a Sex Worker: A&E’s Awful, Exploitative Ambush Show|Samantha Allen|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tom Cotton credits Harvard as the place where he “discovered political philosophy as a way of life.”
Harvard’s Conservative Cabal Takes Congress|Patricia Murphy|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Det. 2: No, not your belt . . . . Remember being out in the sunroom, the room that sits out to the back of the house?
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Not long after, a 10-year-old girl wearing a suicide belt was arrested.
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His boyish suspenders had been put away in favor of a belt, which was tight-drawn about his slim waist.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
He reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
This would in any event have depressed prices of cotton, even under ordinary conditions.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Cotton exchanges reopened on November 16, and stock exchanges opened for restricted trading shortly thereafter.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Just smiled, a sardonic sort of grimace, and unbuckled his belt and handed it over without a word.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for Cotton Belt

cotton belt

noun

a belt of land in the southeastern US that specializes in the production of cotton

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