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- adjective carefully selected.
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- adjective of fruit, etc picked by hand rather than by machinery
- adjective by extension, of people specially
selected because of theirindividual characteristics or talents
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of your so-called hand-picked men, probably while he was likkered up.
This Calder Range Janet Dailey 1982
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One of your so-called hand-picked men, probably while he was likkered up.
This Calder Range Janet Dailey 1982
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The tenuous nature of the rebels' grip on the capital was clear at the makeshift headquarters of the so-called Tripoli Brigade, described as a hand-picked team assigned the job of securing the city.
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Parental leave system puts unfair burden on mothers, says Nick Clegg 2011
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There I could be joined by a hand-picked group of crack mathematicians, biologists, or indeed anyone who wanted to explore the remarkable power of cooperation.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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Student protests: Police ask colleges for demonstration details 2011
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David Cameron to sell NHS reforms with glowing tribute to doctors and GPs 2011
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