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

This donation came most seasonably, as we had been mentioning repeatedly the need of calico and print in our prayers; and the sewing cotton and the pair of boots came at once into use.

From A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part by George Müller

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 Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

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 United States Tariff Commission

All about the halls were cheap ornaments, photographs, and, carefully framed, an advertisement of Coats’ sewing cotton!

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers