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- noun Plural form of
boll .
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Examples
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The payment is mainly in "bolls" of meal and malt.
John Knox and the Reformation Andrew Lang 1878
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One problem is that many of the cotton plants were near maturity and the developed cotton bolls--the pods that hold the fiber--made them top heavy, so they were blown over in the high winds.
Cotton Futures Soar on Hurricane's Damage Leslie Josephs 2011
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As long as the cotton bolls aren't knocked over, a couple of sunny days after the storm should allow the harvest to continue.
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As long as the cotton bolls aren't knocked over, a couple of sunny days after the storm should allow the harvest to continue.
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Picking was tough, especially when the frost would start biting the bolls.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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When I first started fieldwork, I admired the folks who could pull that cotton out of the bolls with a single hand, a single swipe, their eyes set somewhere else.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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Picking was tough, especially when the frost would start biting the bolls.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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My young hands would clumsily snap a branch and struggle to pull the picked cotton out of the brown bolls and get it into my sack.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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My young hands would clumsily snap a branch and struggle to pull the picked cotton out of the brown bolls and get it into my sack.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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When I first started fieldwork, I admired the folks who could pull that cotton out of the bolls with a single hand, a single swipe, their eyes set somewhere else.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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