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picker-upper

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[pik-er-uhp-er] / ˈpɪk ərˈʌp ər /

noun

Informal.

  1. something that restores one's depleted energy or depressed spirits; pick-me-up.

Etymology

Origin of picker-upper

1935–40; pick up + -er 1, joined pleonastically to both v. and particle

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