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uncottoned

  • a word derived from cotton.
    cotton
    noun
    a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc.

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"It isn't much like merry Christmas," sighed Clover to herself, as she looked up at the uncottoned space at the top of the window, and saw great snow-flakes wildly whirling by.

From What Katy Did at School by Susan Coolidge

But the little figure at the quilting-frame bent steadily to its task, only another soft sigh stealing into Aunt Olivia's uncottoned ears.

From Rebecca Mary by Annie Hamilton Donnell

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