| 单词 | prune picker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprune picker prune picker n. (a) a person who picks prunes; (b) U.S. colloquial a Californian. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states Marylander1640 Rhode Islander1665 Jerseyman1679 Pennsylvanian1685 Carolinian1705 Georgian1732 Marylandian1750 Jersey blue1758 Californian1762 Louisianian1775 Mississippian1775 Acadian1776 Vermonteer1778 Kentuckian1779 Vermontese1783 Indianian1784 Cohee1786 Kentuck1789 Virginian1797 Michiganian1813 Michigan1814 Tennessean1815 Ohioan1818 Illinoian1819 Ohian1819 Missourian1820 buckeye1823 Vermonter1825 Hoosier1826 red horse1833 sucker1833 wolverine1833 puke1834 corn-cracker1835 Texian1835 Alaskan1836 Texan1837 Michigander1838 Oregonian1838 Rackensack1839 Arkansian1844 badger1844 Bay Stater1845 Lone Star Stater1845 Oregonese1845 tar-boiler1845 weasel1845 web foot1845 Alabaman1846 Iowanc1848 Arkansan1851 Minnesotian1851 Washingtonian1852 Minnesotan1854 Nebraskan1854 Kansian1855 Utahan1855 Floridan1856 fly-up-the-creek1857 Dakotian1861 Coloradan1862 Coloradian1862 Texican1863 Coloradoan1864 tarheel1864 Cajun1868 Kansan1868 Montanian1869 Floridian1870 mudcat1872 New Jerseyan1872 Arkansawyer1874 longhorn1876 Mainer1879 New Jerseyite1885 prune picker1892 Hawaiian1893 Oklahoman1894 Tex1909 blue hen's chicken1921 Tejano1925 Geechee1926 Arkie1927 sooner1930 wyomingite1930 New Mexican1940 Okie1948 1892 Los Angeles Times 28 Sept. 7/5 They..found out that Williams had about as much use for prune pickers as he had for more booze. 1913 Our Navy (U.S.) Jan. 36/1 A cutter race was pulled off by crews from the three cruisers on Thanksgiving Day,..which was won by the Maryland's crew, the ‘Prune Pickers’ [i.e. the crew of the California] capturing third place. 1918 L. E. Ruggles Navy Explained 112 Prune picker, a native of California. So called because of the abundant prune crops. 1952 Chicago Tribune 2 Aug. (TV and Radio section) 1/1 Hope Ryden was a model; Robert Pollak, a stock broker..and Tom Duggan, a prune picker. It takes all kinds of people. 1998 C. B. Allison in J. L. Kincheloe et al. White Reign (2000) xiii. 239 Because my sister was born in California, Mother called her a prune picker. < as lemmas |
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