picker-up

noun

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

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Meanings

nounpicker-up (plural pickers-up)

plural pickers-up · alternative picker-upper · alternative picker-upperer

  1. A person employed on a shoot to pick up dead game.
  2. colloquialA person who picks things up.
  3. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

    Synonyms: lugger, roper, runner, steerer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

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luggerroperrunnersteerer
Also see
luggerpicker-uppererroperrunnersteerer
Cite this entry
APA

picker-up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picker-up

MLA

“picker-up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picker-up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picker-up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picker-up.

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