cotton gin
noun
a machine for separating the fibers of cotton from the seeds.
Origin of cotton gin
1An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800
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How to use cotton gin in a sentence
The maker of the cotton gin worked another revolution in commerce, and rice proved to be an unfailing staple.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War | Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap PottsHe began to work out his idea of the cotton gin, but met with many obstacles.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowryOne man with a Whitney cotton gin can clean a thousand pounds of cotton in place of the five pounds formerly cleaned by hand.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowryIt would seem that no one man invented this art in the way that Stephenson invented the locomotive and Whitney the cotton gin.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowryThe history of cotton and the cotton-gin, and of the manufacture of cotton goods, is exceedingly interesting.
Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
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