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picker upper

picker upper is the alternative form of picker-upper.

Meaning of picker-upper

Noun

picker-upper (plural picker-uppers)

  1. (colloquial) A person who picks things up.
  2. (colloquial) A tool used to pick things up.
    Synonyms:
    grabber, grabber-reacher
  3. (colloquial) Synonym of pick-me-up.
    Synonyms:
    pick-me-up

Forms of picker upper

pluralpicker uppers

Questions about picker upper

What is picker upper the alternative form of?
Picker upper is the alternative form of picker-upper.

Words near picker upper in the dictionary

  1. pickemup
  2. Picken
  3. Pickens
  4. Pickens County
  5. picker
  6. picker upper
  7. picker's acne
  8. picker-to-goods
  9. picker-to-parts
  10. picker-up
  11. picker-upper

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Adapted from Wiktionary: picker upper (page history and authors); picker-upper (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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