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cherry picker

Noun

Meaning

A piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.

A cantilevered tool for installing or removing the engine block from a vehicle (also known as an engine crane or engine hoist)

A person or group that picks the best for themselves; one who cherry-picks.

A person or group that picks only evidence which supports an argument and ignores evidence which contradicts it; one who cherry-picks.

A person or device that harvests cherries, or that aids in the harvesting of cherries.

cherry-picker (plural cherry-pickers)

Alternative form of cherry picker

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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cherry-picker

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Fire Department had to use a cherry-picker to rescue a tenant from one of Mr. Shaoul’s buildings after a construction crew removed part of the staircase during renovations. Source: Internet

Mike Barnes helped kids climb into a bucket attached to the cherry-picker, to give them a sense of how city employees hang banners across streets, trim trees and change lights. Source: Internet

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