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PICKERS
Proper noun
Pickers
plural of Picker
Anagrams
• repicks, ripecks
Noun
pickers
plural of picker
Anagrams
• repicks, ripecks
Source: Wiktionary
PICKER
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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UNAMBIGUOUS
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