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English
Etymology
From rock + pick + -er.
Noun
rockpicker (plural rockpickers)
- (agriculture) A farmer or laborer reducing the stoniness of farm fields by picking out the rocks. A role played periodically, not a vocation.
- (mining, ore dressing) A person, machine, or machine component that cleans out the rocks during ore dressing.
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