PICKER Definition & Meaning

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picker

[ pik-er ]

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noun

someone or something that picks. pick.
a special tool or machine for picking pick fruit, vegetables, etc., from their plants.
a machine that picks pick 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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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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Origin of picker¹

First recorded in 1520–30; pick ¹ + -er ¹

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The barefoot man was brought down in a cherry picker as Big Ben struck midnight, after more than 16 hours on a ledge several metres up the tower.

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Westminster Police said the man, who was brought down in a cherry picker after midnight, had been arrested once he reached the ground.

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They can outsource their investing choices to active managers who all claim to have a unique skill, or cast their lot with passive managers who follow the indices but almost invariably outperform the stock pickers.

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He started at the bottom of the industry as a picker - collecting hair from households and rescuing it from the rubbish.

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One former fruit picker told the BBC more must be done to protect migrants from being treated like slaves.

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