Cotton-picking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cotton-picking is a noun meaning The harvesting of cotton.
Meaning
The harvesting of cotton.
More Meanings
- (US, dialectal, idiomatic, colloquial) An intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cotton, picking.
Example Sentences
"Now hold up here just a cotton-picking minute,"
"Oh, wait one damn cotton-picking minute," Andy said.
Santana spat, “You've got to be out of your cotton-picking mind. Who the hell would go back to that place?”
I think the President's Adviser on Domestic Affairs should keep his cotton-picking hands off the economic policy for a change.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include picking, picker, comb, scribbling, cotton wool, silker.
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