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• Pick

  ·v To open (a lock) as by a wire. II. Pick ·v To <<Trim>>. III. Pick ·noun Choice; right of select...

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• pick

  In mercantile usage, and among manufacturers, a pick is a thread. The relative quality of cotton clo...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• pick

  a spade. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Pick-fault

  ·noun One who seeks out faults. ...

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• Pick-up

  ·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Pickup>>. ...

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• tooth-pick

  A large stick. An ironical expression. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pick-back

  On the back.--Johnson. We often use the word with children. To ride pick-back, is for a child to rid...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• pick-up

  A pick-up, or a pick-up dinner, is a dinner made up of such fragments of cold meats as remain from f...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• pick-ace

  the ace of spades. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• pick-fork

  a pitch-fork. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Pick-me-up

  ·add. ·noun A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer. ...

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• pick-it-up

  n. a boys' name for the Diamondbird (q.v.). 1896. G. A. Keartland, `Horne Expedition in CentralAus...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pick up a wind, to

  Traverses made by oceanic voyagers; to run from one trade or prevalent wind to another, with as litt...

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