ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Picker-up

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Picker-up is a noun meaning A person employed on a shoot to pick up dead game.

Meaning

A person employed on a shoot to pick up dead game.

More Meanings

  1. (colloquial) A person who picks things up.
  2. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

Word Forms

Synonyms for picker-up

Depending on context, synonyms include lugger, roper, runner, steerer.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include picker, pickeerer, gooseberry-picker, snapper-upper, ragpicker, pigsticker.

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