mod. successful; on easy street. (Folksy.) : I won some money at the track, and I'm really in tall cotton.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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In tall cottonis always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.