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pickery

Noun CEFR B1
ˈpɪkəɹi

Definitions

  1. A place where cotton is picked.
  2. petty theft
    Scotland, archaic

Examples

“If any man be taken with theft or pickery, and thereof convicted, he shall have⟳ his head polled, and hot pitch poured upon his pate […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Picket picket boat picket bullet picket fence picket house picket line

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