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

"Better that than a cotton press," his mother said.

From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South by Hope, Laura Lee

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 Ingraham, Joseph Holt

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

There are exports of cotton and saltpetre; and the town has a steam cotton press.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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)