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hand picked

hand picked is the alternative form of handpicked.

Meaning of handpicked

Adjective

handpicked (not comparable)

  1. Picked by hand rather than by machinery.
    • The farm sells handpicked apples and pears.
  2. (figuratively) Selected with great care or by insiders or an individual.
    • A number of handpicked employees will run the project.

Questions about hand picked

What is hand picked the alternative form of?
Hand picked is the alternative form of handpicked.

Words near hand picked in the dictionary

  1. hand over head
  2. hand paper
  3. hand pay
  4. hand pays
  5. hand percussion
  6. hand picked
  7. hand pie
  8. hand pies
  9. hand plant
  10. hand plants
  11. hand practice

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hand picked (page history and authors); handpicked (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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