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plucker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈplʌkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From pluck + -er.

Meanings

1. One who plucks.
   • Irishman Vincent Pilkington is the world's fastest turkey plucker at one minute and 30 seconds. He once plucked 244 turkeys in 24 hours. 2007 December, “Festive facts at Christmas”, in Cambridge News:
   • Thou setter up and plucker down of kings. 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, [Act II, scene iii]:
2. A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

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