单词 | cotton state |
释义 | > as lemmascotton State cotton State n. any one of the cotton-growing States of the American Union. ΚΠ 1845 Whig Almanac (N.Y.) 16/1 Cotton States. 1851 J. A. Quitman in Life & Corr. (1860) II. xvi. 125 In the cotton states such sentiments prevail and are growing. 1858 W. L. Yancey in Cradle of Confed. 393 If we..organize ‘committees of safety’ all over the cotton States..we shall fire the Southern heart. 1890 M. Townsend U.S.: Index to United States Amer. 66 Alabama is called the Cotton State because it is the central State of the Cotton Belt. < as lemmas |
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