cotton press

American  

noun

1. a press for baling cotton.

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Etymology

Origin of cotton press

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10

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Example Sentences

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cotton press

Dey was a gin and cotton press on de place.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

The cotton press is the first thing you get your eyes on when you approach a plantation, and then the gin house next.

From History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service by John R. Kinnear

Its principal manufactures are gunpowder, carpets, brick, cotton press machinery, and coffin hardware.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

After we had been duly examined and registered we were sent to the cotton press, where the men were, and here we remained for several days, our promised parole not being forthcoming.

From The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion by Samuel A. Swiggett

We were taken down to New Orleans and housed there ten days in a cotton press, arriving on Sunday afternoon in our prison garb.

From The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion by Samuel A. Swiggett

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