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cotton mill

noun

  1. a factory for producing cotton fabrics, thread, etc.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cotton mill1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences

It was originally used as a cotton mill, but in 1822 it was made into a woolen factory.

The first engine so employed was installed in a cotton mill in Nottingham in 1785.

The work of the spool tenders seemed to the present writer to be the severest work for women in this cotton mill.

By and large, the wages of the women workers in the cotton mill had been increased by Scientific Management.

Jimmy had begun to ponder where he went, and she wondered whether he would see he ought to return to the cotton mill.

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