cotton belt

collocation in English

meaningsofcottonandbelt

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cotton
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒt.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.t̬ən/
the threads that grow around the seeds of a tall plant grown especially in the US, China, and ...
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belt
noun
uk
/belt/us
/belt/
a strip of leather or material worn around the waist to support clothes or ...
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(Definition ofcottonandbeltfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcotton belt

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For example, significant fractions of the electorate in the southerncottonbeltsupported tariff protection in areas that could only have been harmed by trade barriers on manufactured goods.
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Seven thousand people in thecottonbeltare working short time.
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Representations in similar terms have been received from a large number of local authorities in thecottonbelt.
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Unemployment in thecottonbeltis below the national average.
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Why are some people unemployed in thecottonbelt?
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An unknown number of married women in thecottonbelthave left work because there is no work for them.
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One might have thought that the factory would be established in the oldcottonbelt.
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Men dress in short pants tied with a redcottonbeltand a shirt that hangs down to their knees.
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A fish is easily recognized by the fact that the garrison cap (aka bider or biter) is plain and not embellished with any braid, or by the blackcottonbelt.
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But this is not the only case of cancer in this small country town in thecottonbelt, where clouds of chemicals hang over the town and contaminate the water.
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