PICKER

picker

(noun) someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.

picker, chooser, selector

(noun) a person who chooses or selects out

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

picker (plural pickers)

Agent noun of pick; one who picks.

(computing, graphical user interface) Any user interface control that selects something.

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

(weaving) The piece in a loom that strikes the end of the shuttle and impels it through the warp.

(military) A priming wire for cleaning the vent, in ordnance.

(slang, gold panning) A fragment of gold smaller than a nugget but large enough to be picked up.

(historical) One who removes defects from and finishes electrotype plates.

(archaic) A pilferer.

Hyponyms

• cherry picker

• file picker

• hop picker

Anagrams

• repick, ripeck

Proper noun

Picker (plural Pickers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Picker is the 29581st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 797 individuals. Picker is most common among White (95.11%) individuals.

Anagrams

• repick, ripeck

Source: Wiktionary


Pick"er, n. Etym: [From Pick.]

1. 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." Shak.

2. (Mach.)

Definition: A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces so as to loosen and separate the fiber.

3. (Weaving)

Definition: The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the shuttle, and impels it through the warp.

4. (Ordnance)

Definition: A priming wire for cleaning the vent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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11 January 2025

COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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