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  • 81cot|tag|er — «KOT ih juhr», noun. 1. a person who lives in a cottage, especially: a) one of the laboring population in rural districts: »The natural dyestuffs used by these Indian cottagers aren t complely colorfast (New Yorker). b) U.S. a person who lives in …

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  • 82cot|tage|y — «KOT uh jee», adjective. of or suitable for a cottage …

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  • 83cot|tage — «KOT ihj», noun. 1. any small house. Farm workers and villagers often lived in cottages. 2. a small house in the country or suburbs. 3. a house at a summer resort. 4. a small, separate dwelling unit at a hospital, hotel, school, or other… …

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  • 84cot|to|lene — «KOT uh leen», noun. a preparation of cottonseed oil, used as a shortening in cookery. ╂[< cott(on) + ol2 + ene] …

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  • 85cot|ton-pick|ing — «KOT uhn PIHK ihng», adjective, adverb. U.S. Slang. –adj. 1. lowly; worthless. 2. (as an intensive only) confounded: »Whoever said that if you build a better mousetrap the world will beat a path to your door was out of his cotton picking mind… …

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  • 86cot|ton|mouth — «KOT uhn MOWTH», noun. = water moccasin. (Cf. ↑water moccasin) ╂[American English (its open mouth is whitish in appearance)] …

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  • 87cot|ton|seed — «KOT uhn SEED», noun, plural seeds or (collectively) seed. the seed of cotton. It is used for making cottonseed oil, fertilizer, and cattle feed …

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  • 88cot|ton|tail — «KOT uhn TAYL», noun, or cottontail rabbit, the common North American wild rabbit with a fluffy, white tail …

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  • 89cot|ton|weed — «KOT uhn WEED», noun. any one of various plants whose downy leaves suggest cotton, such as the pearly everlasting …

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  • 90cot|ton|wood — «KOT uhn WUD», noun. 1. a kind of American poplar tree with tufts that look like cotton on its small seeds: »But now, windbreaks of growing trees, especially of cottonwoods, shelter many of the homes on these same far flung plains (Fred W.… …

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