Picker-upperer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, picks up (something). rare

    "There is a hotel with a valet which hires a clothes picker-upperer name of Jasper. While Jasper is out picking up or delivering, a call comes in from a room near where he is going."

Synonyms

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picker-uppicker-upper

Example

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"There is a hotel with a valet which hires a clothes picker-upperer name of Jasper. While Jasper is out picking up or delivering, a call comes in from a room near where he is going."

Etymology

From pick up with the application of three -er suffixes. Compare cleaner-upperer and doer-upperer.

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