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Cotton On

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What does Cotton On mean?

verb

  1. To realize; come to understand.
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‘Well?’ said my aunt, taking out the cotton on that side again.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
How de Lord hab not forgotten How well I hoed de cotton, How well I hoed de cotton On de old Virginny shore; Dar I'll neber hoe de cotton, Oh!
William Wells BrownClotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's DaughterProject Gutenberg ebook #241
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A man by the name of Henry George asked Mr. Nation to come and sit on a bale of cotton on the depot platform, and talk with him; another one of these boys came up and threw Mr. Nation backwards on the platform.
Carry Amelia NationThe Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. NationProject Gutenberg ebook #1485