cotton picker

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meaningsofcottonandpicker

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cotton
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkɒt.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.t̬ən/
the threads that grow around the seeds of a tall plant grown especially in the US, China, and ...
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picker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪk.ər/us
/ˈpɪk.ɚ/
mainly US
a person who chooses a ...
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(Definition ofcottonandpickerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Doffers are also used in cotton pickers and other machinery that handle fiber.
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Her parents worked as cotton pickers.
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The separations between plots were rounded to one decimal place and range from 0.1 m to 3 m as the speed of thecottonpickerchanges.
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Modern machines such as thecottonpickerhave made the manual cultivation obsolete over time as they took over the work from the hand laborers.
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Modern machines such as thecottonpickerhave made the manual cultivation obsolete over time as they took over the work from manual laborers.
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When loading the cotton from thecottonpickerinto the module builder it should be distributed as evenly as possible.
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This led to employment as acottonpicker, bricklayer, and basket weaver: by 1966 he was working as a farm manager.
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Stubblefield was employed in his youth as acottonpicker.
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In the 1940s the mechanizedcottonpickerwas introduced into regional agriculture.
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Modern machines such as thecottonpickerhave made manual cultivation obsolete over time as they took over the work from hand laborers.
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Modern machines such as thecottonpickerhave superseded manual cultivation.
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Rust was intrigued with the challenge of building a mechanicalcottonpicker.
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The currentcottonpickeris a self-propelled machine that removes cotton lint and seed (seed-cotton) from the plant at up to six rows at a time.
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This process is repeated every time that acottonpickeris unloaded into the module builder until a module is built up and discharged through the tailgate of the machine.
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He began working at a young age, supplementing his family's income variously as acottonpickerearning 35 cents per 100 pounds, managing a fruit stand, and delivering newspapers.
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The strike was to fight against cotton pickers wage cuts.
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Cotton pickers were demanding for a better pay rate.
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