smoked p ppl [phonetics unavailable]. In comb smoked cotton, ~ dab: cheap remnant or second of cloth, spoiled in dyeing and resembling smoke-damaged goods.
T 199-65 The smoke cotton, 'twas only about twenty cents a pound. 'Twas ends of material, when 'twas going through the looms, there was ends that was spoiled. When they were dyeing it, 'twould be misprints and the pattern would be all blurred. 'Twas damaged cotton, but the women'd call it smoked cotton, and more of 'em 'd call it smoked dab, and there was a tremendous outlet for that.
