high cotton
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Etymology[edit]
The term "high cotton" or "tall cotton"[1] 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.
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Noun[edit]
- (US, Southern US, slang, idiomatic) The best of times; a time of well being.
- We're in high cotton now.