cotton picker
Americannoun
noun
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a machine for harvesting cotton fibre
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a person who picks ripe cotton fibre from the plants
Etymology
Origin of cotton picker
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Not just with January’s tragedy or March’s closures, but rather an all-encompassing look at this remarkable team, which traces back to a 13-year-old Black boy who wanted to be the best cotton picker in Mississippi.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2020
A third cotton picker sits idle at the edge of the field.
From Washington Times • Nov. 27, 2015
Nyong'o, who was for Bafta's EE Rising Star award, plays cotton picker Patsey and is at the centre of one of the film's most distressing scenes.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2014
Louvin recounted meeting a lonely teenager -- a young cotton picker named Johnny Cash -- while selling tickets to a show in Arkansas.
From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2011
The highes' cotton picker gits a suit of clothes and all the women what had twins that year gits a outfittin' of clothes for the twins and a double, warm blanket.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
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