sewing cotton

noun

1. cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sewing cotton¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

Some people in Austria are now sewing cotton masks for themselves.

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I look in on the haberdashery stall for some sewing cotton – but it too is riddled with plastic, from cotton reels to buttons.

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Mild Mrs. Carter started up so violently that she upset all her sewing cotton and spools on the floor, to the delight of her wicked little pug, which instantly began pulling them about, shaking them, growling at them, and pretending they were rats that had been given him to worry.

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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.

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

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