Originally an innocent folk song, pick a bale of cotton is a racist folk song about black people, most likely slaves, picking cotton.
by TheReindeerInsideYourHead December 2, 2013

by Goche Sisto November 29, 2013

A hay-farmer's assistant who wraps securing-twine around bricks/rolls of dried alfalfa as they are made.
Now that machinery gathers and processes hay in one single operation, the job of the bale bondsman is largely a thing of the past.
by QuacksO August 31, 2018

by Scrooge McKik May 19, 2018

by Atomicflange February 28, 2017

What "non-carnivorous" suspects --- i.e., individuals in legal trouble for crimes other than da hazardous-to-humans offenses like violence, murder, etc. --- can get from a "kangaroo court" if they "pony up" a set amount of "hay".
If a judge allows you to be "released on bale", ask him if he wants said "green stuff" to be in alfalfa or timothy.
by QuacksO April 4, 2022

by Tier roasters roaster October 19, 2020
