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high cotton
high cotton
A state of success (likened to the image of a field of well-growing cotton plants). Typically used in the phrase "in high cotton." I can't believe I got such good grades this semester—I'm really in high cotton now!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Grady | | GRAY-dee | Irish, English |
Meridith | | MER-ə-dith | English (Rare) |
Jeong-Suk | | jung-sook | Korean |
Twyla | | TWIE-lə | English |
Liana | | - | Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, English |
Wum | | WUM | Limburgish |