cotton waste


noun
  1. refuse cotton yarn, esp when used as a cleaning material

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How to use cotton waste in a sentence

  • They wear greasy blue overalls and carry tin luncheon-cans, and use cotton-waste for handkerchiefs.

    Mushroom Town | Oliver Onions
  • Mr. Wallace took the department of paper-stock and cotton-waste, which he still carries on.

  • The bags were huge gunny sacks stuffed with cotton waste which was saturated with oil.

    Blow The Man Down | Holman Day
  • I threw the cotton-waste into the fo'c'sle, made an onslaught on my hands, and then mounted the companion ladder.

    The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine Childers
  • Ching, get hold of some of that clean cotton waste and wipe up all round this magneto.

    The Hero of Panama | F. S. Brereton