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单词 pick-your-own
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pick-your-ownadj.n.

Brit. /ˌpɪkjərˈəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpɪkˌjəˈroʊn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pick v.1, your pron. and adj., own adj.
Etymology: < pick v.1 + your pron. and adj. + own adj. Compare p-y-o n. at P n. Initialisms.
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.
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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.
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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).
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