linter
Americannoun
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linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
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a machine for removing lint from cloth.
noun
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a machine for stripping the short fibres of ginned cotton seeds
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(plural) the fibres so removed
Etymology
Origin of linter
Example Sentences
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Mr. Peakslow was ahead of the boys; and they thought he must have reached the linter.
From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
"We all thought you was under the linter; and they was all workin' so hard—as if they had been our best friends—to get you out."
From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
Under the logs was the crushed shell of the linter; and all looked anxiously, to see what was under that.
From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
"O, I don't know where he is, 'thout he's there!" said the poor woman, with a gesture of despair toward the ruined linter.
From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)
The fire was warm, the room still and peaceful; no sound broke the silence but Hurley's occasional step and soft whistle out in the "linter" at the rear where lay his packing-boxes.
From Under Fire by Cox, C. B.
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