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cotton picker

American  

noun

  1. a machine for removing the ripe cotton fiber from the standing plant.

cotton picker British  

noun

  1. a machine for harvesting cotton fibre

  2. a person who picks ripe cotton fibre from the plants

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Etymology

Origin of cotton picker

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

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