cherry-pickern.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɛrɪˌpɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɛriˌpɪkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cherry n., picker n.¹

Etymology: < cherry n. + picker n.¹ Compare earlier cherry-picking n.With sense 1 compare cherry-breeches n. at cherry n. Compounds 3 and see also quot. 1865 at sense 1.

1. slang. In plural = cherry-breeches n. at cherry n. Compounds 3. Cf. also cherub n. 3e.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British

Ulsters1649

Scots Guardsa1675

fusilier1680

guards1682

Scots Dragoons1689

Scots Fusiliers1689

Inniskilling1715

Scots Greys1728

blue1737

Black Watch1739

Oxford blues1766

green linnets1793

Grenadiers1800

slashers1802

the Buffs1806

tartan1817

Gay Gordons1823

cheesemongers1824

Green Jacket1824

The Bays1837

RHA1837

dirty half-hundred1841

die-hard1844

lifeguard1849

cherry-picker1865

lancer-regiment1868

cheeses1877

Territorial Regiment1877

the Sweeps1879

dirty shirts1887

Scottish Rifles1888

shiner1891

Yorkshire1898

imperials1899

Irish guards1902

Hampshires1904

BEF1914

Old Contemptibles1915

contemptibles1917

Tank Corps1917

the Tins1918

skins1928

pioneer corps1939

red devils1943

Blues and Royals1968

U.D.R.1969

1865 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 7 49/1 I send a list of the ‘Sobriquets of Regiments’ as given some time since in a country newspaper... 11th Hussars—Cherubims and Cherry Pickers, having had some men taken while on out-post duty in a fruit garden in Spain.

1928 Daily Express 27 Mar. 10/6 Those crimson overalls of the ‘Cherry-pickers’..were really a kind of wedding present from the Prince Consort.

2000 Western Daily Press (Bristol) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 10 The King's Royal Hussars—known as the Cherry Pickers for their distinctive crimson trousers and hat—were hailed as saviours by Albanians threatened by Serbs.

2. A person who harvests cherries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > picker or gatherer other things

mosser1880

cherry-picker1890

cocksfooter1891

1890 Harper's Mag. Sept. 615/2 She went to the window, and had to look upward to see the cherry-picker.

1920 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 30 377 For example, the cherry pickers of unequal ability should exchange on the basis of quart picked for quart picked.

1956 Times 26 July 18 (caption) Cherry pickers at work in an orchard at Old Shell Farm, Lenham.

2001 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 10 July a2 The harvest of B.C.'s cherry crop was put in jeopardy after cherry pickers walked off the job over wages and working conditions.

3. colloquial (originally U.S. Railways slang). A person who selects only the best or the most profitable items, opportunities, etc. Cf. cherry-pick v.

ΚΠ

1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 40/2 Cherry picker, switchman, so called because of red lights on switch stands. Also any railroad man who is always figuring on the best jobs and sidestepping undesirable ones (based on the old allusion, ‘life is a bowl of cherries’).

1984 Supermarket News (Nexis) 2 July 16 He urged produce managers..to make shoppers of cherry pickers who, he said, come in mostly for the store's hot weekly specials.

1993 U.S. News & World Rep. 8 Feb. 62/1 The best of cherry pickers make decisions based on individual companies' attributes rather than broad market trends and place big bets on relatively few issues.

1999 Jrnl. Business 72 237 Further, cherry pickers (those who visit a store only to buy items on promotion) are less store-loyal.

4. Originally U.S. slang. A hydraulic crane or similar device with a platform attached to the end for raising or lowering people, as for overhead work.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > crane > types of

quay crane1821

balance-crane1824

well crane1836

water crane1849

jenny1861

jib-crane1873

stacker1875

Titan1876

transfer-elevatora1884

whip-crane1883

Goliath1888

jigger1891

wharf crane1893

floating crane1903

tower crane1906

hammer-headed crane1908

portal crane1908

hammer-head crane1910

luffing crane1913

cherry-picker1945

stacker crane1959

monotower1963

Transtainer1964

portainer1966

1945 W. B. Huie Omaha to Okinawa 41 A ‘cherrypicker’ crane.

1961 Flight 80 608/2 The pad rescue team used an armoured personnel carrier and operated a mobile tower or ‘cherry-picker’... The cherry-picker stood by on the pad throughout the final 55 min of the countdown.

1977 J. Monaco How to read Film ii. 79 The camera crane..is merely a counterweighted version of the ‘cherrypickers’ that telephone company linesmen use to reach the tops of poles.

2001 Equipm. Today Mar. 29 (advt.) It can save thousands of dollars that you would have spent on manlifts, scaffolding or cherry pickers.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cherry-picker
释义	cherry-pickern. Brit. /ˈtʃɛrɪˌpɪkə/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛriˌpɪkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cherry n., picker n.¹ Etymology: < cherry n. + picker n.¹ Compare earlier cherry-picking n.With sense 1 compare cherry-breeches n. at cherry n. Compounds 3 and see also quot. 1865 at sense 1. 1. slang. In plural = cherry-breeches n. at cherry n. Compounds 3. Cf. also cherub n. 3e. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1865 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 7 49/1 I send a list of the ‘Sobriquets of Regiments’ as given some time since in a country newspaper... 11th Hussars—Cherubims and Cherry Pickers, having had some men taken while on out-post duty in a fruit garden in Spain. 1928 Daily Express 27 Mar. 10/6 Those crimson overalls of the ‘Cherry-pickers’..were really a kind of wedding present from the Prince Consort. 2000 Western Daily Press (Bristol) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 10 The King's Royal Hussars—known as the Cherry Pickers for their distinctive crimson trousers and hat—were hailed as saviours by Albanians threatened by Serbs. 2. A person who harvests cherries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > picker or gatherer other things mosser1880 cherry-picker1890 cocksfooter1891 1890 Harper's Mag. Sept. 615/2 She went to the window, and had to look upward to see the cherry-picker. 1920 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 30 377 For example, the cherry pickers of unequal ability should exchange on the basis of quart picked for quart picked. 1956 Times 26 July 18 (caption) Cherry pickers at work in an orchard at Old Shell Farm, Lenham. 2001 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 10 July a2 The harvest of B.C.'s cherry crop was put in jeopardy after cherry pickers walked off the job over wages and working conditions. 3. colloquial (originally U.S. Railways slang). A person who selects only the best or the most profitable items, opportunities, etc. Cf. cherry-pick v. ΚΠ 1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 40/2 Cherry picker, switchman, so called because of red lights on switch stands. Also any railroad man who is always figuring on the best jobs and sidestepping undesirable ones (based on the old allusion, ‘life is a bowl of cherries’). 1984 Supermarket News (Nexis) 2 July 16 He urged produce managers..to make shoppers of cherry pickers who, he said, come in mostly for the store's hot weekly specials. 1993 U.S. News & World Rep. 8 Feb. 62/1 The best of cherry pickers make decisions based on individual companies' attributes rather than broad market trends and place big bets on relatively few issues. 1999 Jrnl. Business 72 237 Further, cherry pickers (those who visit a store only to buy items on promotion) are less store-loyal. 4. Originally U.S. slang. A hydraulic crane or similar device with a platform attached to the end for raising or lowering people, as for overhead work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > crane > types of quay crane1821 balance-crane1824 well crane1836 water crane1849 jenny1861 jib-crane1873 stacker1875 Titan1876 transfer-elevatora1884 whip-crane1883 Goliath1888 jigger1891 wharf crane1893 floating crane1903 tower crane1906 hammer-headed crane1908 portal crane1908 hammer-head crane1910 luffing crane1913 cherry-picker1945 stacker crane1959 monotower1963 Transtainer1964 portainer1966 1945 W. B. Huie Omaha to Okinawa 41 A ‘cherrypicker’ crane. 1961 Flight 80 608/2 The pad rescue team used an armoured personnel carrier and operated a mobile tower or ‘cherry-picker’... The cherry-picker stood by on the pad throughout the final 55 min of the countdown. 1977 J. Monaco How to read Film ii. 79 The camera crane..is merely a counterweighted version of the ‘cherrypickers’ that telephone company linesmen use to reach the tops of poles. 2001 Equipm. Today Mar. 29 (advt.) It can save thousands of dollars that you would have spent on manlifts, scaffolding or cherry pickers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865
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