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Bazaar article is a late nineteenth century term used to cover a wide range of small items made for sale in English bazaars, to raise funds for charity.

A chatelaine is an ornamental belt clasp or hook, from which chains are hung. It derives from the French term chatelaine, meaning ‘mistress of the chateau’. Chatelaines were worn by European women from the medieval period until the twentieth century and the advent of handbags and (outside) pockets in women’s clothing.

A cotton gin is a machine that quickly separates cotton fibres (lints) from their seeds.