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cotton wool
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cotton wool
1. Chiefly Brit bleached and sterilized cotton from which the gross impurities, such as the seeds and waxy matter, have been removed: used for surgical dressings, tampons, etc.
2. cotton in the natural state


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It was interesting to see that my daughter, who has been wrapped in cotton wool and is very middle class ,was actually getting it.
It has been suggested Flintoff should be wrapped in cotton wool ahead of the Ashes this summer, but the allrounder said: "I don't know about that.
It has been suggested Flintoff should be wrapped in cotton wool ahead of the Ashes this summer, but the all-rounder said: "I don't know about that.
 
 
 
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