A small cotton gin or a variation of the cotton-processing machine.
From 'gin' + '-et' (a diminutive suffix meaning 'small'), similar to how 'kitchen' becomes 'kitchenette.' This suggests a smaller or more compact version of the standard cotton gin.
The diminutive form 'ginnet' shows how English speakers create specialized vocabulary for equipment variations, reflecting the detailed technical knowledge needed in 19th-century cotton processing.
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