Plucker

//ˈplʌkə(ɹ)// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who plucks.

    "Irishman Vincent Pilkington is the world's fastest turkey plucker at one minute and 30 seconds. He once plucked 244 turkeys in 24 hours."

  2. 2
    A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Example

More examples

"I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son. I'm only plucking pheasants 'til the pheasant plucker comes."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pluck + -er.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Plücker.

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