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noun

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

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How to use cotton bud in a sentence

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
With a pop of color and fun print, this cotton pair is not at all stuffy.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Don Draper in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
May we suggest Friendly Fox, a crotched animal made from 100-percent cotton.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Blue Ivy in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Can you imagine Bud Powell or Charlie Parker writing a jingle?
Herbie Hancock Holds Forth|David Yaffe|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For instance, in Arkansas, a projected 57 percent of voters backed Republican Tom Cotton for the Senate.
How’d the GOP Win? By Running Left|Sally Kohn|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By a voice he saith: Hear me, ye divine offspring, and bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
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
When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
When in the city they wore a rough felt conical hat and dark blue cotton robe.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike

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