What does cotton-picking mean?
Cotton-picking means The harvesting of cotton.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The harvesting of cotton.
The season of cotton-picking commences in the latter part of July, and continues without intermission to the Christmas holidays.
"Now hold up here just a cotton-picking minute,"
"Oh, wait one damn cotton-picking minute," Andy said.
I think the President's Adviser on Domestic Affairs should keep his cotton-picking hands off the economic policy for a change.
Santana spat, “You've got to be out of your cotton-picking mind. Who the hell would go back to that place?”
"...are not entitled to anything, Mrs. Wright, (referring to one of the appellees), because your son (referring to the deceased, F.A. Wright, Jr.), was a cotton picking Negro."
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Cotton-picking means The harvesting of cotton.
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The season of cotton-picking commences in the latter part of July, and continues without intermission to the Christmas holidays.
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