The Cherry Picker is 1972 British
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cherry picker — cherry ,picker noun count INFORMAL a vehicle with a box that can be raised to let someone in it work very high above the ground … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Cherry picker — For the basketball strategy, see Cherry picking (basketball). For the historical British regiment, see 11th Hussars. Cherry picker reaching from pavement across front gardens to upstairs windows. A cherry picker (also known as a boom lift, man… … Wikipedia
cherry picker — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cherry picker : singular cherry picker plural cherry pickers informal a vehicle with a box that can be raised to let someone in it work very high above the ground … English dictionary
The Cherry pickers — Joseph Arthurs 1896 four act melodrama is a story of the renowned Eleventh Hussars Cherry Picker Regiment in northern India during the British Afghan War. The exciting action peaked in act 3, set in a gun room of the fortress under siege.… … The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater
cherry picker — noun Date: circa 1944 1. a traveling crane equipped for holding a passenger at the end of the boom 2. one who cherry picks < cherry pickers who gobbled up bargains all over town J. S. Coyle > … New Collegiate Dictionary
cherry picker — noun : any of various small traveling cranes; especially : one suitable for holding a passenger at the end of the boom … Useful english dictionary
cherry picker — noun a) An extensible boom, usually mounted on a truck body, used by workers to reach inaccessible places as power lines and tall trees. b) A person or group who pick the best for themselves. Syn: bucket truck … Wiktionary
cherry picker — n. apparatus used in orchards for picking fruits (not only for picking cherries); mobile crane that can be raised to enable a person to work off the ground (such as working on electrical lines, pruning trees, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
cherry picker — /ˈtʃɛri pɪkə/ (say cheree pikuh) noun Colloquial 1. an extension arm with a hydraulic movable platform which is used instead of a camera boom. 2. a crane, especially one mounted on a truck, with an enclosed platform on the end, designed to lift… …
Cherry picking (basketball) — For the fallacy see: Cherry picking (fallacy) Cherry picking is a strategic act sometimes used in basketball to give a team a higher scoring chance.[1] A player who performs this act is known as a cherry picker. It is sometimes frowned upon, and… … Wikipedia
