picker

[ pik-er ]

/ ˈpɪk ər /

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noun

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.

Nearby words

picked over, pickeer, pickens, pickens, andrew, pickens, fort, picker, picker-upper, pickerel, pickerel frog, pickerelweed, pickering

Origin of picker

First recorded in 1520–30; pick¹ + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for picker

Then adjust the reach of your picker and reach for your fruit.
The 15 Best Things to See at Frieze Art Fair London 2013|Chloë Ashby|October 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And she liked working with Picker before, both on his first opera Emmeline, as well as An American Tragedy.
‘Dolores Claiborne’ Star on Her Sudden New Role|Emily Wilson|September 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To one end I attached the picker; and then letting it down, I commenced angling for the rope.
The Hunters' Feast|Mayne Reid
Sometimes the picker goes up on his climbers and taps and ticks and picks like a giant woodpecker.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas|Stanley R. Matthews

A picker was handed to him, by one who also held the powder-horn for priming.
Matilda Montgomerie|Major (John) Richardson
With this one, see the gaudy jointed fly in the plate, with "picker" at top.
Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c.|William Blacker
In 1733 he had succeeded in inventing the picker motion, "picker peg," or "fly."
Inventions in the Century|William Henry Doolittle

British Dictionary definitions for picker

picker

/ (ˈpɪkə) /

noun

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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picker

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picker

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