cotton-picking

adjective

1. slang.
   (intensifier qualifying something undesirable)

   you cotton-picking layabout!

Example Sentences

Millions of people worked — for years in forced-labor campaigns — in the cotton-picking industry, which further sapped water resources.

From Seattle Times

Draluck notes that he was most inspired by his maternal grandmother, "a New York raised Jew and passionate Civil Rights activist and history buff," along with her husband and Draluck's grandfather, who is a "Black, Texan-born, former cotton-picking, Marine veteran-turned-BBQ pitmaster."

From Salon

“What in the cotton-picking world do you think you’re doing?” he recalled one of them asking.

From New York Times

Never wanted to feel the stares of folks who heard my leg tapping its cotton-picking tune.

From Literature

Tross and Vialma Ramos-O’Neal, who is Jahmiere’s mother, said the teacher let white children refuse to take part in the cotton-picking while not letting kids of color opt out.

From Seattle Times