Meanings
nouncotton picker (plural cotton pickers)
plural cotton pickers · alternative cotton-picker
- Someone who harvests cotton.
Origin
The ethnic slur is in reference to black slaves who worked on cotton plantations in the US.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Baumwollpflücker
- Baumwollpflückersomeone who harvests cotton
Polish zbieracz bawełny, zbieraczka bawełny
- zbieracz bawełnysomeone who harvests cotton
- zbieraczka bawełnysomeone who harvests cotton
- czarnuchblack person
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