noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
garbage
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A final factor contributes to the low income of garbage pickers and this relates to their involvement in the international economy.
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The garbage picker appears to work for himself but is in fact part of an industrial organisation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fruit picker at 12, she now toils in the White House.
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D' you reckon they wear winkle pickers?
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Nigel sported pink sunglasses, pink-striped T-shirt, leather trousers and winkle pickers.
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The market in 1994 was at best indifferent, rewarding only the most astute stock pickers.
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The puffers are notorious biters and pickers and if placed with other fishes should be given plenty of room.
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When they dressed up, they were more than asparagus pickers, berry pickers and cannery workers.
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Yesterday, as the group of pickers went about their business, police said there had been no further incidents.