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gooseberry-picker

gooseberry-picker noun: one who works on behalf of another person who takes the credit for the work.

Noun

gooseberry-picker (plural gooseberry-pickers)

  1. (British, archaic, slang) One who works on behalf of another person who takes the credit for the work.
  2. (British, archaic, slang) A chaperone.
    • The Solicitor-General: I understand that a gooseberry-picker is the person who stands by whilst a young man and young woman are making love (laughter).1869, Susannah M. Saurin (plaintiff.), Extraordinary Trial by a Sister of Mercy: Saurin Versus Starr (page 78)

Forms of gooseberry-picker

pluralgooseberry-pickers

Questions about gooseberry-picker

What does gooseberry-picker mean?
Gooseberry-picker means one who works on behalf of another person who takes the credit for the work.
What part of speech is gooseberry-picker?
Gooseberry-picker is a noun.
What is the plural of gooseberry-picker?
The plural of gooseberry-picker is gooseberry-pickers.

Words near gooseberry-picker in the dictionary

  1. gooseberry wig
  2. gooseberry wigs
  3. gooseberry-eyed
  4. gooseberry-grinder
  5. gooseberry-grinders
  6. gooseberry-picker
  7. gooseberry-pickers
  8. gooseberrying
  9. gooseberryish
  10. gooseberrylike
  11. goosebone

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