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picker-up

picker-up noun: a person employed on a shoot to pick up dead game.

picker-up: a person employed on a shoot to pick up dead game
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Noun

picker-up (plural pickers-up)

  1. A person employed on a shoot to pick up dead game.
  2. (colloquial) A person who picks things up.
  3. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.
    Synonyms:
    lugger, roper, runner, steerer

Synonyms of picker-up

Forms of picker-up

pluralpickers-up
alternative formpicker-upper
alternative formpicker-upperer

Questions about picker-up

What does picker-up mean?
Picker-up means a person employed on a shoot to pick up dead game.
What part of speech is picker-up?
Picker-up is a noun.
What is the plural of picker-up?
The plural of picker-up is pickers-up.

Words near picker-up in the dictionary

  1. picker
  2. picker upper
  3. picker's acne
  4. picker-to-goods
  5. picker-to-parts
  6. picker-up
  7. picker-upper
  8. picker-upperer
  9. picker-upperers
  10. picker-uppers
  11. pickerel

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