Definition of CHERRY PICKER

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Later, Prager strapped herself into a safety harness and was lifted above the cast in a cherry picker. — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, "Alex Prager is a photographer and filmmaker who lives in Los Angeles.," 1 Sep. 2019 The bird is then brought down aboard the cherry picker. — Fox News, "Watch firefighters save great horned owl trapped in fishing line," 8 July 2019 In a tweeted video, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northeast region showed firefighters from West Metro Fire Rescue and a wildlife official using the fire truck’s cherry picker to reach the owl, which is dangling helplessly from the fishing line. — Fox News, "Watch firefighters save great horned owl trapped in fishing line," 8 July 2019 Workers in cherry pickers adorned the majestic tree with sparkling lights and gold orb ornaments. — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "How the Royal Family Decorates Their Palaces for the Holidays," 11 Dec. 2018 Stand-alone scaffolding and an idle cherry picker, essential construction tools in Barlow’s practice, hardly look out of place in this artistic junkyard. — Natalia Rachlin, WSJ, "Phyllida Barlow’s Supersize Sculptures Will Soon Arrive in New York," 9 Oct. 2018 Its public works department sent out a cherry picker and Wurst climbed in. — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, "Think before releasing balloons: Osprey tangled 35-feet up rescued at Shore," 21 June 2018 All four Pakistanis testified as alibi witnesses in the evidentiary hearing on whether to free Lodi cherry picker Hamid Hayat, who has spent 12 years in prison after being convicted in 2006 of lying to the FBI and providing assistance to terrorists. — Stephen Magagnini, sacbee, "Witnesses in Sacramento terror case testify from Pakistan in rare late-night court session | The Sacramento Bee," 20 Feb. 2018 Workers in hydraulic cranes, or cherry pickers, were sent high up the poles to refasten the nets. — John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, "Fisher's Topgolf fixes giant net that was damaged by wind and sleet," 17 Jan. 2018

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