cotton press
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cotton press
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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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.
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
His maternal grandfather, Jacob Marshall, was the inventor of the cotton press, an invention originally made, however, for pressing hops.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.
We are now putting the finishing-stroke to your cotton press, which was fearfully out of order.”
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
On every plantation you will see a cotton press and gin house, with the stable under the latter.
From History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service by Kinnear, John R.
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