cotton bud
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Samsung, which is the biggest maker of Android phones, recommends using a cotton bud to get moisture out of the earphone jack and charging port.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
His video clips show teeth and tongue and an approaching cotton bud.
From Reuters • Sep. 30, 2022
They also found high rates of resistance to antibiotics present in the bacteria on the wipes and cotton bud sticks.
From BBC • May 30, 2022
“I went back around the outline with a cotton bud to manipulate the shape a little more to be more identical to the original work.”
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022
Once, when travelling at the South, I gathered a cotton bud; and would you believe it, in the course of three months it expanded to a perfect flower, and actually ripened its seeds?'
From The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
