sewing cotton

American  

noun

1. cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of sewing cotton

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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sewing cotton

I look in on the haberdashery stall for some sewing cotton – but it too is riddled with plastic, from cotton reels to buttons.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2017

Betty laid her package of sewing cotton and knitting wool quietly on the blue and white checked tablecloth.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Cavalleria has no regular fonda, or even casa, but there is a shop where they sell wine, and black tumour-covered sausages, and white bread, and algobra beans, and Scotch sewing cotton.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright

Some who go on this lurk carry sewing cotton for sale, alleged to be their own spinning....

From Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters by Fitzhugh, George

Peek and Frean's biscuits, Moir's and Crosse and Blackwell's tinned meats and jams, English patent medicines, Coats' sewing cotton, Belfast linens, Berlin wools, Jæger's vests, and all sorts of materials, both cotton and woollen, abound.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)