picker-up

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picker-up

noun pickers-up · picker-upper · picker-upperer

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

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@misc{picker_up_2026,
  title = {picker-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/picker-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}