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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Johnny Cotton adj.

also Dolly Cotton

[rhy. sl.]

rotten.

1931		Everyman 26 Mar. in DSUE (1984).
1960		J. Franklyn Dict. of Rhy. Sl.
1992		R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.
2002		B. Kirkpatrick Wicked Cockney Rhy. Sl. 26: Dolly Cotton rotten.