cotton waste

noun

1. refuse cotton yarn, esp when used as a cleaning material

Example Sentences

They wear greasy blue overalls and carry tin luncheon-cans, and use cotton-waste for handkerchiefs.

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Mr. Wallace took the department of paper-stock and cotton-waste, which he still carries on.

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The bags were huge gunny sacks stuffed with cotton waste which was saturated with oil.

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I threw the cotton-waste into the fo'c'sle, made an onslaught on my hands, and then mounted the companion ladder.

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Ching, get hold of some of that clean cotton waste and wipe up all round this magneto.

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