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ginnery

[ jin-uh-ree ]

noun

plural ginneries.
  1. a mill for ginning gin cotton.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ginnery1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–90; gin 2 + -ery
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Cotton fields in front of Enfield Cotton Ginnery in Enfield, N.C., which cleans hundreds of bales of cotton for farmers in the surrounding community.Credit...

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She owns Enfield Cotton Ginnery in eastern North Carolina, which cleans hundreds of bales of cotton for farmers in the surrounding community.

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There was also a textile company, an oil mill, and a ginnery that prepared cotton for export.

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The crop is being picked and soon the ginnery figures will begin definitely to indicate its real amount.

So great is the pressure exerted that a bundle of cotton coming to the press from the ginnery, 4 feet in depth, is reduced to 7 inches when drawn from the compressor.

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