Definitions
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- noun UK, dialect
cotton wool
Etymologies
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From Gamgee Tissue, a surgical dressing containing cotton wool, invented by Dr. Joseph Sampson Gamgee in Birmingham, England, in 1880.
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Examples
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In this he soaked the gamgee tissue (Angela had never heard of the stuff before), and bade her hold out both hands.
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As she poured ammonia into the marble basin, feeling a little faint, she could hear Nick's voice at the telephone: "Send to the nearest drug store for some gamgee tissue, a bundle of lint, and a pint bottle of lime-water.
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