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The first harvesters were only capable of harvesting one row of cotton at a time, but were still able to replace up to forty hand laborers. The current cotton picker is a self-propelled machine that removes cotton lint and seed (seed-cotton) from the plant at up to six rows at a time. There are two types of pickers in use today.
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Woolgathering is a practice similar to gleaning, but for wool. The practice was of collecting bits of wool that had gotten caught on bushes and fences or fallen on the ground as sheep passed by. The meandering perambulations of a woolgatherer give rise to the idiomatic sense of the word as meaning aimless wandering of the mind. [36]
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Finely ground flour made from corn, used as a thickener in cooking (US: corn starch) [59] Cor Blimey see Gor Blimey coster, costermonger a seller of fruit and vegetables cotton bud wad of cotton wool fixed to a small stick, used for cleaning (US: cotton swab, Q-Tip) council house/flat, also council housing or estate public housing.
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Until mechanical cotton pickers were developed, cotton farmers needed additional labor to hand-pick cotton. Picking cotton was a source of income for families across the South. Rural and small town school systems had split vacations so children could work in the fields during "cotton-picking." [57]
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