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noun

Plucker n.

One who, or that which, plucks. "Thou setter up and plucker down of kings."

A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

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Etymology of 'Plucker'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Plucker" Quotes from Famous Books

... end he was outside the fringe; indeed, I don't know how he kept on his feet so long; but he went downhill fast. A plucker of plump pigeons, an expensive friend to smart young subalterns and boys about town. Cards, bets, loans arranged, and that kind of thing. All the same, he had his good points when I ...

— The Intriguers • Harold Bindloss

... in short, expect that our roses will grow without thorns: but then they are useful and instructive thorns: which, by pricking the fingers of the too-hasty plucker, teach future caution. And who knows not that difficulty gives poignancy to our enjoyments; which are apt to lose their relish with us when ...

— Clarissa, Or The History Of A Young Lady, Volume 8 • Samuel Richardson

... hope to be deliuered without some agrement had betwixt the two kings, became now through irkesomenesse of his bonds, an earnest mediatour for peace, whereas before he had beene an extreme stirrer vp of war. Such a schoolemaister is imprisonment, & plucker downe of loftie courages. But ...

— Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) - Richard the First • Raphael Holinshed