cherry picker

or cherry-picker, cherry·picker

noun

1. a moveable boom, having a bucketlike attachment at its top that is large enough to carry a worker: used for repairing telephone lines, pruning trees, etc.
2. a vehicle equipped with such a boom.

cherry picker

noun

1. a hydraulic crane, esp one mounted on a lorry, that has an elbow joint or telescopic arm supporting a basket-like platform enabling a person to service high power lines or to carry out similar operations above the ground

Word History and Origins

Origin of cherry picker¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

He was standing in the basket of a tall cherry-picker, barechested and brown.

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