Cottonopolis

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cotton +‎ -o- +‎ -polis

Proper noun[edit]

Cottonopolis

  1. (slang, archaic) The city of Manchester, England.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary