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 Cottys.Cotton Lord. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cotton.
 
To cotton to a person. To cling to one or take a fancy to a person. To stick to a person as cotton sticks to our clothes.   1
 


 Cottys.Cotton Lord. 

 
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