picker

[ pik-er ]
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noun
  1. someone or something that picks.

  2. a special tool or machine for picking fruit, vegetables, etc., from their plants.

  1. a machine that picks fibers.

  2. a person who gathers fruit, flowers, etc.

  3. Slang. a player of a stringed instrument, especially a banjo.

  4. Metallurgy. a pointed rod for removing a pattern from a half mold.

Origin of picker

1
First recorded in 1520–30; pick1 + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for picker

picker

/ (ˈpɪkə) /


noun
  1. a person or thing that picks, esp that gathers fruit, crops, etc

  2. (in weaving) a person or the part of the loom that casts the shuttle

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