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

The contractors furnish their own sewing cotton, gelatin, and other materials, except braid, used in making the shells or bodies of the hats.

From Men's Sewed Straw Hats Report of the United Stated Tariff Commission to the President of the United States (1926) by Commission, United States Tariff

Can’t you see Nick, with his long black hair all cut short, and his vulture neck sticking out of the top end of his clothes, like—like a thread of sewing cotton in a darning needle?

From The Law-Breakers by Cullum, Ridgwell

"Tom," I said, "you are perfectly unbearable," and I tried to snatch from him my reel of sewing cotton which he had pulled away just as I was going to take a new thread.

From The Boys and I by Molesworth, Mrs.

I can sew them up in lumps with sewing cotton if there's no time to do them properly.

From The Phoenix and the Carpet by Nesbit, E. (Edith)