Cottonocracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A government dominated by the cotton industry, as in the United States prior to the Civil War. US, historical, no-plural

    "The whole school argue political or national economy as a party question: it is Cottonocracy versus Cornocracy — the nation is to be crucified between them."

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"The whole school argue political or national economy as a party question: it is Cottonocracy versus Cornocracy — the nation is to be crucified between them."

Etymology

From cotton + -o- + -cracy.

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