hop-picker

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noun

a person employed or a machine used to pick hops

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Words nearby hop-picker

hopper casement, hopper dredge, Hopper, Edward, hopper frame, hoppergrass, hop-picker, hopping, hopping John, hopping mad, hopple, Hoppus foot

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How to use hop-picker in a sentence

She wore a boy's cloth cap and a black skirt, and looked very much like a Kentish hop-picker.
A Spring Walk in Provence|Archibald Marshall
John, always a picturesque character, had become a hop picker in hop season, and a fisherman the rest of the year.
The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate|Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
By the side of the new it looked not even as respectable as an Irish emigrant's; it looked like some Kentish hop-picker's!
Miss Million's Maid|Bertha Ruck
The man had no hat, his clothes were hideous with filth, he had the air of a hop-picker.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson

Until this year I have never seen a hop garden or a hop picker.
The Shuttle|Frances Hodgson Burnett