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cotton gins

cotton gins is the plural of cotton gin.

Meaning of cotton gin

Noun

cotton gin (plural cotton gins)

  1. A machine used for separating cotton fibers from cotton seeds, etc.
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Questions about cotton gins

What is cotton gins the plural of?
Cotton gins is the plural of cotton gin.

Words near cotton gins in the dictionary

  1. cotton fish
  2. cotton fishes
  3. cotton fleahopper
  4. cotton fleahoppers
  5. cotton gin
  6. cotton gins
  7. cotton grass
  8. cotton lavender
  9. cotton mice
  10. cotton mill
  11. cotton mills

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