cottonpickin'

[ kot-n-pik-uh n ]

/ ˈkɒt nˌpɪk ən /

adjective Slang.

damned; confounded: That's a cottonpickin' lie.

Nearby words

cotton-fiber embolism, cotton-picking, cotton-wool patches, cottonade, cottonmouth, cottonpickin', cottonseed, cottonseed cake, cottonseed meal, cottonseed oil, cottontail

Also cot·ton·pick·ing

[kot-n-pik-uh n, -pik-ing] /ˈkɒt nˌpɪk ən, -ˌpɪk ɪŋ/.

Origin of cottonpickin'

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; cotton + pick¹ + -ing²

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Examples from the Web for cotton-picking

Cotton-picking is at once the most difficult and most expensive operation in cotton production.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5|Various
It is usual, also, in the most hurrying time of cotton-picking, to require the same extra service.
Twelve Years a Slave|Solomon Northup
You must not, however, run away with the notion that cotton-picking is a hurried process.
Carl and the Cotton Gin|Sara Ware Bassett
All they are fit for is education for cotton-picking and dish-washing.
Darkwater|W. E. B. Du Bois

They telled me she was a good cook; and they can use her for that, or set her at the cotton-picking.
Uncle Tom's Cabin|Harriet Beecher Stowe

British Dictionary definitions for cotton-picking

cotton-picking

adjective

US and Canadian slang (intensifier qualifying something undesirable)you cotton-picking layabout!

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