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Cottonopolis
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English
Etymology
From en cotton -o- -polis.
Proper noun
en slang archaic The city of Manchester, England.
References
en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=Cottonopolis