cotton mill
noun
a factory for producing cotton fabrics, thread, etc.
Origin of cotton mill
1First recorded in 1785–95
Words Nearby cotton mill
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How to use cotton mill in a sentence
It was originally used as a cotton mill, but in 1822 it was made into a woolen factory.
The first engine so employed was installed in a cotton mill in Nottingham in 1785.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe work of the spool tenders seemed to the present writer to be the severest work for women in this cotton mill.
Making Both Ends Meet | Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith WyattBy and large, the wages of the women workers in the cotton mill had been increased by Scientific Management.
Making Both Ends Meet | Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith WyattJimmy had begun to ponder where he went, and she wondered whether he would see he ought to return to the cotton mill.
Northwest! | Harold Bindloss
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