单词 | pick-your-own |
释义 | pick-your-ownadj.n. A. adj. (attributive). Of or relating to a system in which commercially grown fruit or vegetables are picked by the customer for purchase at the place of production. Cf. p-y-o n. at P n. Initialisms. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > other trading methods > [adjective] > types of trading methods or systems pick-your-own1941 p-y-o1977 1941 Wisconsin: Guide to Badger State (Federal Writers' Project) 306 In fall thousands more come to take advantage of the ‘pick-your-own’ plan offered by most orchardists. 1969 Agriculture May 221 In Kent there is a growing tendency for strawberry growers with roadside plots to encourage ‘pick your own’ selling. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Sept. 5/1 Chudleigh's is a ‘pick your own’ farm and hundreds of families jump into their cars every weekend in the fall to pick their own apples. 1996 P. Gregory Perfectly Correct (1997) 67 The competition from nearby farm shops and fields of pick-your-own fruit was proving too much. B. n. The pick-your-own system; a pick-your-own farm. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > other trading methods > [noun] fair trading1685 grocery1689 carriage trade1720 sale or (formerly and) return1795 Labour Exchange1828 security system1831 smousingc1876 postal trade1902 triangular trade1934 switch trading1967 relationship management1970 p-y-o1977 counter-trade1978 pick-your-own1980 counter-trading1983 fair trade1986 carry trade1994 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside v. xviii. 198 Farmers can make quite a lot of money out of townspeople who take an interest in the countryside, through anything from farm-gate sales and ‘pick-your-own’ to bed and breakfast accommodation and caravan sites. 1987 Harrowsmith Nov. 5/2 Father runs the pick-your-own over in Barry's Corners. 2004 Union Leader (New Hampsh.) (Nexis) 8 Aug. a1 I have three acres. High-bush blueberries. Strictly a pick-your-own. Derivatives pick-your-ˈowner n. a customer or owner of a pick-your-own farm. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] tiliec1000 acremanOE husbanda1300 husbandmanc1384 farmer1528 breeder1547 farmeress1595 colona1640 agricole1656 georgic1703 agricultor1766 Farmer Giles1770 agriculturer1776 agriculturalist1788 culturist1814 fazendeiro1825 bartoner1832 agriculturist1849 culturalist1866 farmerette1901 dry-land farmer1914 drylander1921 Eurofarmer1957 multiplier1969 pick-your-owner1969 society > trade and finance > buying > buyer > [noun] > customer or client > types of customer free-luncher1870 cash customer1879 sitter1890 account1929 wrap-up1938 personal caller1966 pick-your-owner1969 1969 Farm Jrnl. (U.S.) Aug. 31/2 Some growers..let pick-your-owners clean up berries that ripen later. 1985 Washington Post 13 June (Maryland Weekly section) 13/1 ‘Darrow was the pioneer pick-your-owner in Washington,’ said..a staunch admirer of the horticulturalist. 2002 Ottawa Sun (Nexis) 27 June 10 The few pick-your-owners left were older immigrants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1941 |
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