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| 65% | 9 | Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin | ||
noun • someone who is the first to think of or make something | ||||
| 59% | 7 | Surname of the American inventor who developed the cotton gin | ||
noun • United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825) • the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high) | ||||
___ Whitney Inventor Of The Cotton Gin
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