ginner
- noun
- /ˈɡɪnər/
- Specialized
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desmotador
- After the cotton is harvested, it is taken to the ginner to ensure the fibers are clean and ready for manufacturing.
- cotton ginner
Examples
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Similarly, it is Charlie, the cotton ginner, who is valorized as the "hardworking hard-pressed cotton man," too busy working to talk to the "reporter," although we are informed, in passing, that his wife, Gail, runs a general store.
Academic text (2004) -
Three of the "Cotton People" are American: one is an Arizona cotton farmer ("Larry"), the second is a South Carolina cotton ginner ("Charlie"), and the third is a fabric inspector in Tennessee ("Rita").
Academic text (2004) -
"That's a cotton ginner," said one of the men when shown the first photo.
Academic text (2009) -
By linking "Cotton People" from cotton farmer to cotton ginner to weaver to apparel factory worker to you, the consumer, Lands
Academic text (2004) -
The ginner operates a machine that separates the fibers from cotton seeds.
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Many farmers rely on a local ginner to process their cotton harvest each year.
Synonyms
8
9.6
A machine that separates seeds from cotton fibers
4
3.6
A machine that separates seeds from cotton fibers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ginner comes from gin, which is a short form of engine and means a 'machine'. So a ginner is a person or 'machine' that separates cotton fibers from their seeds, which is why the word means someone or something that prepares cotton for use.