"cotton-picking" meaning in All languages combined

See cotton-picking on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-cotton-picking.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective|head=cotton-picking}} cotton-picking
  1. (US, dialectal, idiomatic, colloquial) An intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value. Tags: US, colloquial, dialectal, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-cotton-picking-en-adj-fl0NNg8t Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 11 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 9 11
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cotton, picking.
    Sense id: en-cotton-picking-en-adj-aARm5GWO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cotton-pickin' (english: figurative sense only)

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-cotton-picking.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cotton-picking (uncountable)
  1. The harvesting of cotton Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cotton-picking-en-noun-3D-C2qpb

Alternative forms

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