cotton bud

British  

noun

1. a small stick with a cotton-wool tip used for cleaning the ears, applying make-up, etc

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Example Sentences

His video clips show teeth and tongue and an approaching cotton bud.

From Reuters • Sep. 30, 2022

They also found high rates of resistance to antibiotics present in the bacteria on the wipes and cotton bud sticks.

From BBC • May 30, 2022

Swab taken, she inserts the cotton bud with my sample into a tube for later testing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022

“I went back around the outline with a cotton bud to manipulate the shape a little more to be more identical to the original work.”

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022

Once, when travelling at the South, I gathered a cotton bud; and would you believe it, in the course of three months it expanded to a perfect flower, and actually ripened its seeds?'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various