cotton-pickingn.adj.

U.S.

A. n.

The harvesting of cotton; a social gathering for removing the seed from cotton.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > gatherings for specific activity

apple paring1656

house raising1704

quilting1768

bee1769

sing-song1769

reading party1781

rocking1786

cotton-picking1795

rolling1819

picking bee1828

candy pulling1834

candy pull1845

taffy-join1854

barn-raising1856

taffy pulling1863

coffee shop1880

log-rolling1883

taffy pull1883

petting party1920

play date1975

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > cotton-picking

cotton-picking1795

1795 J. Pettigrew & E. Pettigrew Let. 3 Oct. in Pettigrew Papers (MS, Univ. N. Carolina) One of the students was banished..for going to a cotton picking after eight at Knight.

1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West II. xxxiv. 126 Placed in the field to take a spell at cotton-picking.

1845 Knickerbocker 25 426 A lazy nigger in cotton-pickin'-time.

1891 Boston (Mass.) Herald 9 Nov. Cotton Picking Machine..The wheels are four feet apart to enable it to cover a row of cotton plants.

1945 B. A. Botkin Lay My Burden Down 92 We didn't have no kind of cotton-pickings 'cept just pick our own cotton.

B. adj.

slang (originally southern U.S.). A general term of disapproval or abuse, = ‘damned’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn'

tarnation1784

tarnal1790

darned1815

dratted1857

dagnab1934

cotton-picking1958

1958 Post (N.Y.) 1 June M3 I don't think it's anybody's cotton-pickin' business what you're doing.

1968 J. Philips Hot Summer Killing (1969) iii. iii. 161 You have to be a hero or out of your cotton-picking mind.

1970 M. Kenyon 100,000 Welcomes xvii. 142 Damn Mickey McQuaid for ever bringing me to this pixilated, cotton-pickin' country.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	cotton-picking
释义	cotton-pickingn.adj. U.S. A. n. The harvesting of cotton; a social gathering for removing the seed from cotton. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > gatherings for specific activity apple paring1656 house raising1704 quilting1768 bee1769 sing-song1769 reading party1781 rocking1786 cotton-picking1795 rolling1819 picking bee1828 candy pulling1834 candy pull1845 taffy-join1854 barn-raising1856 taffy pulling1863 coffee shop1880 log-rolling1883 taffy pull1883 petting party1920 play date1975 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > cotton-picking cotton-picking1795 1795 J. Pettigrew & E. Pettigrew Let. 3 Oct. in Pettigrew Papers (MS, Univ. N. Carolina) One of the students was banished..for going to a cotton picking after eight at Knight. 1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West II. xxxiv. 126 Placed in the field to take a spell at cotton-picking. 1845 Knickerbocker 25 426 A lazy nigger in cotton-pickin'-time. 1891 Boston (Mass.) Herald 9 Nov. Cotton Picking Machine..The wheels are four feet apart to enable it to cover a row of cotton plants. 1945 B. A. Botkin Lay My Burden Down 92 We didn't have no kind of cotton-pickings 'cept just pick our own cotton. B. adj. slang (originally southern U.S.). A general term of disapproval or abuse, = ‘damned’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn' tarnation1784 tarnal1790 darned1815 dratted1857 dagnab1934 cotton-picking1958 1958 Post (N.Y.) 1 June M3 I don't think it's anybody's cotton-pickin' business what you're doing. 1968 J. Philips Hot Summer Killing (1969) iii. iii. 161 You have to be a hero or out of your cotton-picking mind. 1970 M. Kenyon 100,000 Welcomes xvii. 142 Damn Mickey McQuaid for ever bringing me to this pixilated, cotton-pickin' country. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.adj.1795
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