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

Example Sentences

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cotton press

This press is worked by a lever, something like an old-style cotton press.

From History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest by Johnson, Edward A. (Edward Austin)

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 Swiggett, Samuel A.

For the general reader it will scarcely be necessary or wise to describe a "cotton press" in detail.

From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick

When I went back to the cotton press the boys did not know me.

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

A lot of people say you couldn’t make a wooden cotton press that would pack a bale of cotton.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration