cotton-picking

cotton picking — [cotton pickin ] {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial} Worthless, crude, common, messy. * /Keep your cotton picking hands off my flowers!/ * /You ve got to clean up your room, son, this is a cotton pickin mess!/ …   Словарь американских идиом

cotton picking — [cotton pickin ] {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial} Worthless, crude, common, messy. * /Keep your cotton picking hands off my flowers!/ * /You ve got to clean up your room, son, this is a cotton pickin mess!/ …   Словарь американских идиом

cotton-picking — adjective Date: circa 1952 1. damned used as a generalized expression of disapproval < a cotton picking hypocrite > 2. damned used as an intensive < out of his cotton picking mind Irving Kristol > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

cotton-picking — ☆ cotton picking [kät′ npik΄ən ] adj. Slang worthless, damned, hateful, etc.: used as a general intensive of opprobrium * * * cot·ton pick·ing (kŏtʹn pĭk ĭng) adj. Informal Used as an intensive: a cotton picking fool; out of your cotton picking… …   Universalium

cotton-picking — 1. noun The harvesting of cotton The season of cotton picking commences in the latter part of July, and continues without intermission to the Christmas holidays. 2. adjective a) Of little value, or for emphasis. b) Describes a person who tends to …   Wiktionary

cotton-picking — [ kɒtnˌpɪkɪŋ] 1) Общая лексика: простецкий, простонародный, хлопкоуборочный, никуда не годный 2) Сленг: (нечто) вульгарное, (нечто) не представляющее никакой ценности, (нечто) обычное, никчёмный, проклятый (What s the cotton picking idea! Что за… …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

cotton picking — 1) Общая лексика: никуда не годный, простецкий, простонародный, хлопкоуборочный 2) Техника: хлопкоуборка 3) Сельское хозяйство: (ручная) уборка хлопка …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

cotton-picking — хлопкоуборочный проклятый, отвратительный …   Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь

Cotton picker — at work The mechanical cotton picker is a machine that automates cotton harvesting in a way that reduces harvest time and maximizes efficiency. Contents …   Wikipedia

cotton — /kot n/, n. 1. a soft, white, downy substance consisting of the hairs or fibers attached to the seeds of plants belonging to the genus Gossypium, of the mallow family, used in making fabrics, thread, wadding, etc. 2. the plant itself, having… …   Universalium