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"cotton" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often gin (3 letters).
Definitions
Soft plant fiber used in fabric, thread, and padding.
Word origin
From Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), from Hebrew כֻּתֹּנֶת (kuttṓnĕṯ).
Used in a sentence
“K'a-shih has the most extensive cotton-growing area which amounted to 950 000 mou (6.3 million ares) in 1965.”
“The little girls appeared, looking fresh and cool in pretty pink cottons, and we two elder ones seized the opportunity of making a more elaborate toilette than usual.”
“Do not re-use needles; use fresh cottons each time.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer11 curated clues
01“Fabric for T-shirts”6 letters
02“Fiber in T-shirts”6 letters
03“Fiber in a towel”6 letters
04“Fiber in soft towels”6 letters
05“Material in many T-shirts”6 letters
06“Material in soft shirts”6 letters
07“Soft fabric fiber”6 letters
08“Soft fabric source”6 letters
09“Soft fiber in sheets”6 letters
10“T-shirt fiber, often”6 letters
11“Soft plant fiber”6 letters
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