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sewing cotton
noun
- cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sewing cotton1
First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences
In a little shop, situated in a back street, I bought half a dozen reels of black sewing-cotton.
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Betty laid her package of sewing cotton and knitting wool quietly on the blue and white checked tablecloth.
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It is thus very difficult to assign to sewing cotton a specific marginal utility.
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In lieu of a setting bristle a length of sewing cotton may be used.
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A thread as fine as No. 60 sewing cotton or a heavy Germantown wool can be used for it.
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