How to pronounce lint

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What lint means

noun

Tiny bits of fluff that cling to clothes

In a sentence: After the wash, my black sweater was covered in white lint.

Where it comes from: It may come from an old French word for a flax seed, or from a Latin word for linen cloth. Flax is the plant linen is made from.

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