in tall cotton

Wealthy, well off, well to do. Comes from the phrase "shitting in tall cotton".

I got my taxes back and now I'm in tall cotton.

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tall cotton

1. n. wealth, prosperity, money, power, influence, etc. See high cotton.
2. n. an area characterized by such. (The rich part of town.)

He lives over there in the tall cotton.

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Shitting in tall cotton.

Someone who's doing better than average and/or moving on up.

Bob has landed a freaking awesome job. He's really shitting in tall cotton.

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Shittin' in Tall Cotton

the act of coming into a large sum of unexpected money.

We just got our tax return back so we'll be Shittin' in Tall Cotton for a while!

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