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cotton bud

NOUN
cotton swab
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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


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