Definition of cotton-picking in US English:
cotton-picking
(also cotton-pickin')
adjectiveˈkätnˌpikiNGˈkɑtnˌpɪkɪŋ
North American informal Used for emphasis, especially with disapproval or reproach.
just a cotton-picking minute!
he's a cotton-pickin' liar!
Example sentencesExamples
- And I hope he'll remember me and Fred, and keep his cotton-picking paws off my fiancée's sunflowers.
- So why is my cotton-picking mind thinking about hamburgers?
- Well, one mighty big business that has been especially loud about telling government to keep its cotton-picking hands out of their business is the meat industry.
- But hang on just one cotton-picking minute!
- I said, ‘Wait a cotton-picking minute - I've always known him, knew he was a good operator and all that, but don't talk to me about taking over this thing now.‘