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cotton mill

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cotton mill (plural cotton mills)

  1. A building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from raw cotton.
    • 2019 October 23, Andy Coward, “New acclaim for Oldham Loop”, in Rail, page 58:
      Oldham is a typical Lancashire former mill town, with the town and its surrounding area once dominated by the cotton manufacturing industry. A number of the large cotton mills still stand in the area, although most are now either in use for other purposes, or stand empty and derelict.

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