sewing cotton

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noun

cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.

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Origin of sewing cotton

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby sewing cotton

sewerage, sewer pill, sewin, sewing, sewing circle, sewing cotton, sewing machine, sewing needle, sewing silk, sewing table, sewn

How to use sewing cotton in a sentence

Like drawing tattoos, sewing earmuffs, or fashioning model airplanes from old chip bags?
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Her daughter, Elaina, 24, a trained costume designer and makeup artist, helps out by sewing clothes.
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Tom Cotton credits Harvard as the place where he “discovered political philosophy as a way of life.”
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With a pop of color and fun print, this cotton pair is not at all stuffy.
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May we suggest Friendly Fox, a crotched animal made from 100-percent cotton.
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The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
This would in any event have depressed prices of cotton, even under ordinary conditions.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Cotton exchanges reopened on November 16, and stock exchanges opened for restricted trading shortly thereafter.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Tip wore leaky boots all last winter, but when spring came he bought Mrs. Pulsifer a sewing machine.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
She went up in the mornings to Madame Lebrun's room, braving the clatter of the old sewing-machine.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin