pickableadj.
/ˈpɪkəbl/, U.S. /ˈpɪkəb(ə)l/ Capable of being picked (in various senses of pick v.1).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > opened > able to be picked open (of lock)
pickable1833
tentable1862
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [adjective] > pickable (of locks)
pickable1833
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning or cleanliness of the person > [adjective] > relating to the cleaning of teeth > capable of being picked
pickable1966
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > picking pockets > [adjective] > able to be picked
pickable1969
1833 Bury & Norwich Post 4 Dec. The Tories had now the predominance, and they were at comparative rest, but no sooner was a bone pickable, than it was picked.
1848 Sci. Amer. 21 Oct. 36/2 This is a new simple, and anti-pickable lock invented and patented by Mr. Sabin Colton.]
1895 Naturalist Mag. No. 241. 225 The Journal..furnishes the key to this lock hardly pickable by the general.
1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush x. 142 This little bird is supposed to enter the mouths of crocodiles to pick their teeth, but..the teeth of a crocodile..are widely spaced so that they are not really pickable—no particles of food being likely to remain.
1969 K. Benton Twenty-fourth Level iv. 59 Black people..going downwards to the city and jobs and suckers with pickable pockets.
1987 C. Lloyd Year at Great Dixter 43 The delicious young shoots of chives are already pickable.
2001 N.Y. Times 25 Apr. a18/1 ‘Pinkie’ is a major pest and, left uncontrolled, will strip a field of pickable cotton.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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