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cotton mill

noun

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


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cotton mill1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Early one morning, she spoke to a weary cotton mill worker who explained that she and her husband worked opposite shifts to care for their mentally ill daughter.

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At 13, he worked in an Allegheny cotton mill, changing bobbins 6 days a week, 12 hours a day.

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Both of his parents worked in a cotton mill.

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Young Henry then went to work in a cotton mill.

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Charged with picketing for better hours and working conditions at a cotton mill in Newnan, Georgia, sixteen women and one hundred and twelve men were imprisoned.

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