half-cotton

• a word derived from cotton.
  cotton

  noun

  a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.

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half-cotton

The half-nylon, half-cotton outfit, with its amoebic pattern of green, brown, tan and black, is unacceptably hot, even in temperate climates.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it was the half-cotton fabric, dingy and napless, considered good enough for summer wear, in which Ben was arrayed.

From David Fleming's Forgiveness by G. H. (George Henry) Edwards

It was coarse and half-cotton, but it was clean, and Eloise tied it around her neck, greatly to Mrs. Biggs's surprise.

From The Cromptons by Mary Jane Holmes

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