cotton-picking
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cot·ton–pick·ing

adjective \ˈkä-tən-ˌpi-kiŋ, -ˌpi-kən\

Definition of COTTON-PICKING

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>

First Known Use of COTTON-PICKING

circa 1952

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