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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
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Historical Examples of cotton belt

  • A good write-up of the cotton-belt with plenty of photographs is a winner any time.

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  • Having certain schemes in mind, he had been struck by the fact that the Smith School was in the midst of the Alabama cotton-belt.

  • When he went to that little lunch with old Mrs. Grey he was not sure that he wanted his sister to leave the cotton-belt just yet.

  • The average ratio for the seventeen counties in Alabama's cotton-belt is less than three to one.

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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