English
Noun
cotton-picking
- The harvesting of cotton
Quotations
1859 Opportunities for Industry and the Safe Investment of Capital
:The season of cotton-picking commences in the latter part of July, and continues without intermission to the Christmas holidays.
Adjective
cotton-picking
#US,informal damned
Quotations
1975 Richard M Nixon - Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President
:I think the President's Adviser on Domestic Affairs should keep his cotton-picking hands off the economic policy for a change
Usage notes
Used as a general form of disapproval
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