ginnery
Americannoun
plural
ginneriesEtymology
Origin of ginnery
Example Sentences
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There was also a textile company, an oil mill, and a ginnery that prepared cotton for export.
From BBC • May 18, 2018
The crop is being picked and soon the ginnery figures will begin definitely to indicate its real amount.
From Time Magazine Archive
So great is the pressure exerted that a bundle of cotton coming to the press from the ginnery, 4 feet in depth, is reduced to 7 inches when drawn from the compressor.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
The present practice requires three cars to carry the ginnery bales to the compressor, and two cars to carry the compressed bales to the port, warehouse, or mill.
From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York
There is a store conducted by his black son, a blacksmith shop, and a ginnery.
From The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
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