picker
Americannoun
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pickers
plural
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someone or something that picks.
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a special tool or machine for picking fruit, vegetables, etc., from their plants.
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a machine that picks fibers.
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a person who gathers fruit, flowers, etc.
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Slang. a player of a stringed instrument, especially a banjo.
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Metallurgy. a pointed rod for removing a pattern from a half mold.
noun
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a person or thing that picks, esp that gathers fruit, crops, etc
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(in weaving) a person or the part of the loom that casts the shuttle
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Ashmore, who has completed numerous murals for businesses, said he had always intended to hire a cherry picker to finish the job, but would not be pressured into "rushing" it.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ruth Major, from Redruth, Cornwall visited all 39 BBC radio stations in England across 55 days armed with a litter picker and a bus pass.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Gavin Baker, the former Fidelity Investments stock picker, made early bets on SpaceX at Fidelity and when he left to start his own fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
AI cannot make you a better stock picker.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Arya was a skilled climber and a fast picker, and she liked to go off by herself.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Stock pickers almost never beat the market over time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Her story covers the breadth of her life, dwelling especially on her youth in the 1930s among migrant fruit pickers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Orders pop up simultaneously on hand-held devices carried by warehouse pickers and delivery drivers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
“Sad news,” orchard owner Gary Shafer said on an outgoing voicemail he left for would-be pickers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The pickers went on filling flats, squatting in the numbered rows.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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