picker
[pik-er]
- someone or something that picks.
- a special tool or machine for picking fruit, vegetables, etc., from their plants.
- a machine that picks fibers.
- a person who gathers fruit, flowers, etc.
- Slang. a player of a stringed instrument, especially a banjo.
- Metallurgy. a pointed rod for removing a pattern from a half mold.
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Origin of picker
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Examples from the Web for picker
Contemporary Examples
Then adjust the reach of your picker and reach for your fruit.
And she liked working with Picker before, both on his first opera Emmeline, as well as An American Tragedy.
Historical Examples
I suppose the boy was a picker just like the rest but at any rate he had some idea of fairness.
The Hilltop BoysCyril Burleigh
He says that the first player has scarcely shouted "Picker up!"
Games for the Playground, Home, School and GymnasiumJessie H. Bancroft
It is used for that purpose as picker sticks in textile mills.
American Forest TreesHenry H. Gibson
This "picker waste" also forms a useful source of raw material.
Animal ProteinsHugh Garner Bennett
A picker was handed to him, by one who also held the powder-horn for priming.
Matilda MontgomerieMajor (John) Richardson
picker
- a person or thing that picks, esp that gathers fruit, crops, etc
- (in weaving) a person or the part of the loom that casts the shuttle
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Word Origin and History for picker
n.
1520s, "one who steals;" literal use "one who picks" is from 1660s; agent noun from pick (v.). From 1923 as "one who plays the banjo." Picker-upper attested from 1936.
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