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noun

Picker n.

One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, as, one who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. "Pickers and stealers."

(Mach.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.

(Weaving) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.

(Ordnance) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.

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Etymology of 'Picker'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Picker" Quotes from Famous Books

... as if I had seen my Doppelganger," said Searle. "He reminds me of myself. What am I but a mere figure in the landscape, a wandering minstrel or picker of daisies?" ...

— A Passionate Pilgrim • Henry James

... fruit sellers and housekeepers depend on the sweet blueberries (with a pleasant acid flavor) as a market staple. In July and August, even in early September, the berries arrive in the cities. One picker in New Jersey claims to have filled an entire crate with the ...

— Wild Flowers, An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and - Their Insect Visitors - - Title: Nature's Garden • Neltje Blanchan

... father was a stone-picker, and while he lived, they did very well, and went to school; but since he died, their mother had been ill, and had bled at the lungs, and was not strong enough ...

— The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories • Various

... no small matter to keep a picking account with pickers. Business-like growers use one of several kinds of tickets or tags in keeping accounts. Probably the most common method is to give a ticket to the picker when the receptacle of grapes is delivered, the grower either keeping half of the original or a duplicate of it. Objections to ticket systems are that the pickers often lose the tickets, are irregular in returning them, or exchange them with other ...

— Manual of American Grape-Growing • U. P. Hedrick

... sit a while and discourse of some pleasant matters: when you haue ended your confabulations, wash your face and mouth with cold waters, then go to your chamber, and make cleane your teeth with your tooth-picker, which should be either of iuorie, silver, or gold. Watch not too long after supper, but depart within two hours to bed. But if necessitie compell you to watch longer then ordinary, then be sure to augment your ...

— Early English Meals and Manners • Various

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