cotton press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cotton press
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Passing the rail-way, in the vicinity of which is the Gentilly road, the famous duelling ground, we arrived at the "cotton press," a short distance below, on the left, fronting the river.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Joseph Holt Ingraham
Take care of my cotton press, Graciella; I'll come in to-morrow evening and work on it some more.
From The Colonel's Dream by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt
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
A roller and saw gin, a square and round bale cotton press, and a complete cotton-seed oil mill made up the display of machinery in the cotton exhibit.
From Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission by Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
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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