“Now wait just a pea-picking minute!” means the same as “Now wait just one damned minute!” There is no exact measure of time
“Wait a pea pickin’ minute” was printed in The Evening Republican (Columbus, IN) on July 13, 1960. “A ‘pea-pickin’ minute is 59.56872 seconds” was posted on Twitter by Steve Gattuso on September 27, 2010.
“Cotton-pickin’ minute” is a similar term.
13 July 1960, The Evening Republican (Columbus, IN), pg. 19, col. 1 ad:
MUDD’S AUCTION HOUSE
(...)
P. S. Again. Wait a pea pickin’ minute, I almost forgot, we have two brass beds.
Google Books
Alice and Me:
A Novel
By William Judson
New York, NY: A. Fields Books; distributed by E.P. Dutton
1973
Pg. 101:
“Just one pea picking minute!”
Google Groups: bit.listserv.words-l
Christian bashing
JOHN WHAT’S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS
11/9/92
Now, just a pea-pickin’ minute, here, Thomas!
Google Books
Hunter:
Antebellum South and the Civil War
By Ashley Atkinson
Lincoln, NE: iUniverse
2006
Pg. 177:
“Now, wait jest a durn pea pickin’ minute,” Cooter grunted.
Twitter
Steve Gattuso
@DoodlestheGreat
Replying to @alyankovic
@alyankovic Also recorded: A “pea-pickin’” minute is 59.56872 seconds.
4:19 PM · Sep 27, 2010·Twitter Web Client
Twitter
Penny Reilly Author, Artist
@PennyReilly3
Just a pea-picking minute 😊
A greenhouse day… a planting out seedlings day… another rhubarb… https://instagram.com/p/BbaPAcdAkwY/
4:15 PM · Nov 12, 2017·Instagram
Twitter
The World’s Foremost Authority
@RayShowRatio
Replying to @realjackbenny
@Le_Gaul and @whitewinery
Now wait a pea-pickin’ minute…
9:52 PM · Aug 8, 2019·Twitter Web App
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