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cotton press
noun
- a press for baling cotton.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cotton press1
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
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Example Sentences
There are exports of cotton and saltpetre; and the town has a steam cotton press.
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The cotton press is the first thing you get your eyes on when you approach a plantation, and then the gin house next.
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On every plantation you will see a cotton press and gin house, with the stable under the latter.
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We were taken down to New Orleans and housed there ten days in a cotton press, arriving on Sunday afternoon in our prison garb.
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This press is worked by a lever, something like an old-style cotton press.
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