cotton gin
nounDefinition of cotton gin
: a machine that separates the seeds, hulls, and foreign material from cotton
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He was tortured and later shot, with his body found weighted down by a cotton gin fan in the Tallahatchie River. — Jeff Amy, chicagotribune.com, "Ole Miss students face possible civil rights investigation after posing with guns at vandalized Emmett Till memorial," 26 July 2019 He was tortured and later shot, with his body found weighted down by a cotton gin fan in the Tallahatchie River. — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, "Ole Miss fraternity suspends 3 members shown posing with guns in front of Emmett Till sign," 26 July 2019 He was tortured and later shot, with his body found weighted down by a cotton gin fan in the Tallahatchie River. — CBS News, "Ole Miss students suspended by frat for posing with guns next to Emmett Till sign," 26 July 2019 He was tortured and later shot, with his body found weighted down by a cotton gin fan in the Tallahatchie River. — Jeff Amy, chicagotribune.com, "Ole Miss students face possible civil rights investigation after posing with guns at vandalized Emmett Till memorial," 26 July 2019 He was tortured and later shot, with his body found weighted down by a cotton gin fan in the Tallahatchie River. — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, "Ole Miss fraternity suspends 3 members shown posing with guns in front of Emmett Till sign," 26 July 2019 He was tortured and later shot, with his body found weighted down by a cotton gin fan in the Tallahatchie River. — CBS News, "Ole Miss students suspended by frat for posing with guns next to Emmett Till sign," 26 July 2019 To get rid of Emmett's body, his killers strapped a 75-pound cotton gin fan to his neck with barbed wire. — Nicole Chavez, CNN, "University of Mississippi students were suspended after posing in front of an Emmett Till memorial sign with guns," 25 July 2019 He was tortured and later shot, with his body found weighted down by a cotton gin fan in the Tallahatchie River. — Washington Post, "Photo of armed students at Emmett Till sign is investigated," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cotton gin.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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