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Definition of fleece-picker in English: fleece-pickernoun Australian, NZ (in sheep shearing) a worker who sorts the offcuts of wool trimmed from fleeces. at 14 he was working as a fleece-picker Example sentencesExamples - The fleece-picker rushes to the table and throws the fleece up into the air, parachute fashion.
- A table hand helps the fleece-picker to skirt and roll the fleeces.
- There's one fleece picker to every four or five shearers.
- Immediately a sheep is sheared, the fleece is removed by a fleece-picker.
- 'Always be very careful when you're talking to a woman,' he told a young fleece-picker.
- The responsibility for looking after the clip was divided between the overseer, the classer, the fleece-pickers and the wool-rollers.
- The staff comprised four carpenters, seven cooks, three farm labourers, one fleece-picker, and three gardeners.
- He'd help carry the fleeces from the shearers to the fleece-picker.
- The fleece-picker should shake the belly wool before placing it in the basket or bale provided.
- The fleece-picker will with his feet push down on the neck of the fleece until he is in a convenient position.
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