cherry-picker

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• Cherry

  ·noun A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. II. Cherry ·noun The fruit of the cherry tree...

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• cherry, native

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• quarrel-picker

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• Bird cherry

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• Bob-cherry

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• Cherry, Andrew

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• brush-cherry

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• native cherry

  n. See cherry. ...

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• winter cherry

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• choke-cherry

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• cherry-coloured cat

  A black cat, there being black cherries as well as red. ...

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• cherry, herbert river

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