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high cotton

high cotton noun: the best of times; a time of well being.

Noun

high cotton (uncountable)

  1. (Southern US, US, idiomatic, slang) The best of times; a time of well being.
    • We're in high cotton now.

high cotton meaning in Bengali

high cotton in Bengali

সবচেয়ে ভালো সময়

Origin of high cotton

The term "high cotton" or "tall cotton" originates from the rural farming community in the antebellum (pre-Civil War) South when "high cotton" meant that the crops were good and the prices were, too. The term has generalized to mean one is doing well or is successful.

Questions about high cotton

What does high cotton mean?
High cotton means the best of times; a time of well being.
What is high cotton in Bengali?
High cotton in Bengali is সবচেয়ে ভালো সময়. See High cotton meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is high cotton?
High cotton is a noun.

Words near high cotton in the dictionary

  1. High Commissions
  2. high concept
  3. high concepts
  4. high context culture
  5. high context cultures
  6. high cotton
  7. high countertenor
  8. high countertenors
  9. high country
  10. high court
  11. high courts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: high cotton (page history and authors); high cotton (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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