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

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

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

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)

Betty laid her package of sewing cotton and knitting wool quietly on the blue and white checked tablecloth.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

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 Müller, George