plucker

plucker

English

Etymology

pluck +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplʌkə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ)

Noun

plucker (plural pluckers)

1. One who plucks.
   • 2007, "Festive facts at Christmas", Cambridge News, December

     Irishman Vincent Pilkington is the world's fastest turkey plucker at one minute and 30 seconds. He once plucked 244 turkeys in 24 hours.

   • c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:

     Thou setter up and plucker down of kings.

2. A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.