cotton waste

noun

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

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.

I threw the cotton-waste into the fo'c'sle, made an onslaught on my hands, and then mounted the companion ladder.

Ching, get hold of some of that clean cotton waste and wipe up all round this magneto.

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