hop picker
/ˈhɑp ˌpɪkər/
noun
- A person who harvests hops (the flowers used in brewing beer).
- The hop-picker worked quickly to fill the basket with ripe cones.
- Every autumn, hop-pickers travel to the farms for the harvest.
- Many hop-pickers were seasonal workers from nearby towns.
- A machine used to harvest hops.
- The farmer invested in a new hop-picker to speed up the harvest.
- The modern hop-picker can harvest an entire field in a day.
- The old hop-picker was replaced by a more efficient model.
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