cotton picker

Horace was athletic and clever, known, probably apocryphally, as the fastest cotton picker in Clay County.

It wiped out all necessity for Negro labour in the wheat States, just as a cotton-picker will, some day, in the South.

Patsey, of whom I shall have more to say, was known as the most remarkable cotton picker on Bayou Bœuf.

Mr. Atkins, I'll ask you and yore cotton-picker friend, Happy Jack, to kindly stand second guard.

Dey was in de nussery, an' I was a rale smart cotton-picker, and couldn't be spar'd to nuss chillen, nohow.'

Iz a natchel-bawn cotton picker, myself, and so is Marthy, and right dar is whar I lowed I had um.