cherry-picker
Example Sentences
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That’s when Tacoma Power workers hoisted cherry-picker buckets and began slicing into pieces a 118-year-old city landmark — the Tacoma totem pole.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
A new officer, who seemed particularly confident with the cherry-picker, strapped on a helmet, stepped into the compartment, and directed an operator, who lifted him as close to Tree Man as possible.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2016
McGregor referred to him as a "cherry-picker" — before Alvarez’s junior-middleweight title fight against obscure champion Liam Smith on Sept. 17 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2016
Studio signs and backdrops were included in the auction, alongside large items such as industrial washing machines and a cherry-picker lorry.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2014
So are the big-stage rock spectacles that the Stones helped pioneer, with inflatable appendages, pyrotechnics or perhaps a cherry-picker lifting Mr. Jagger over the crowd.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2012
