ginners

Slaves were ginners, that is, they knew how to run cotton gins; they were carpenters, blacksmiths, ship carpenters and farmers.

Recollections of my slavery days, William Henry Singleton 1922

In short: "FLO certifies cotton producers and audits processors (such as ginners and spinners) against Fairtrade standards, and TransFair USA certifies the cut-and-sew factory against this new pilot standard."

TreeHugger 2009

In short: "FLO certifies cotton producers and audits processors (such as ginners and spinners) against Fairtrade standards, and TransFair USA certifies the cut-and-sew factory against this new pilot standard."

TreeHugger 2009

Many ginners and merchants in China are keeping warehouses full, according to the agency, in an attempt to obtain higher prices.

Chinese Take a Cotton to Hoarding Carolyn Cui 2011

Many ginners and merchants are keeping warehouses full.

Hoarding Cotton 2011

But this could create an opening either for a Republican or a third-party candidate to kind of stitch together a lot of the ginners.

CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2009 2009

There were some profound disadvantages to having been the rawest of raw be-ginners within the old Citadel and the old regime itself, and that was one of them.

Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

The levy will be paid by ginners, who will effectively be collecting the money from growers on behalf of Cotton SA.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

The estimate is based on reports from ginners in South Africa's six cotton-producing provinces as well as Swaziland, Botswana,

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

The estimate is based on reports from ginners in South Africa's six cotton-producing provinces as well as Swaziland, Botswana,

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997