cotton

Bless her/his cotton socks. (British & Australian, humorous)

something that you say when you want to express affection for someone. My little niece - bless her cotton socks - won the school poetry prize this year.

See also: bless, sock

cotton-picking (American & Australian, informal)

something that you say before a noun to express anger. Get your cotton-picking feet off my chair!

wrap someone up in cotton wool (British & Australian)

to protect someone too much without allowing them to be independent enough. She wraps that child up in cotton wool as if he's some precious jewel.

See also: wool, wrap

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cotton to someone/something

to like someone or something. The public did not cotton to her new CD.