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Grab Dinner At The Gristmill Located just a few steps away from Gruene Dance Hall, don't skip out on a meal at The Gristmill Restaurant, which is perched under Gruene’s iconic water tower in 19th-century cotton gin ruins.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2024
The series debuts with a look at the Williams family (no relation to the actor) and their Delta Dirt Distillery in Helena, Arkansas, which opened in April 2021 and sells a refined sweet blend vodka and tail cotton gin.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
The magnetic compass, gunpowder, the printing press, the chronometer, the cotton gin, the steam engine and the water wheel are among the many examples.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
From the cotton gin and the steam engine to electricity and the transistor, new technologies have been revolutionizing the world for centuries, transforming life and labor and enabling an extraordinary flourishing of human development.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 15 June 2015
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Word History
First Known Use
1796, in the meaning defined above
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“Cotton gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cotton%20gin. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
cotton gin
noun
: a machine that separates the seeds, hulls, and foreign material from cotton
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