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rockpicker

rockpicker noun: a farmer or laborer reducing the stoniness of farm fields by picking out the rocks. A role played periodically, not a vocation.

Noun

rockpicker (plural rockpickers)

  1. A farmer or laborer reducing the stoniness of farm fields by picking out the rocks. A role played periodically, not a vocation.
  2. (ore dressing) A person, machine, or machine component that cleans out the rocks during ore dressing.

Forms of rockpicker

pluralrockpickers

Origin of rockpicker

From rock + pick + -er.

Questions about rockpicker

What does rockpicker mean?
Rockpicker means a farmer or laborer reducing the stoniness of farm fields by picking out the rocks. A role played periodically, not a vocation.
What part of speech is rockpicker?
Rockpicker is a noun.
What is the plural of rockpicker?
The plural of rockpicker is rockpickers.

Words near rockpicker in the dictionary

  1. rockoon
  2. rockoons
  3. rockover
  4. rockovers
  5. Rockower
  6. rockpicker
  7. rockpickers
  8. rockpicking
  9. rockpile
  10. rockpiles
  11. rockpool

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