Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

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.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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