PICKERY

Etymology

Noun

pickery (plural pickeries)

A place where cotton is picked.

(Scotland) petty theft

Source: Wiktionary


Pick"er*y, n. Etym: [From Pick to steal; or perhaps from Pickeer.]

Definition: Petty theft. [Scot.] Holinshed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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