A person who picks berries from plants, either for food, commerce, or seasonal work.
Compound word from 'berry' + 'picker' (from 'pick,' Old English 'pyccan'). Compound occupational words like this became especially common in English during the agricultural era to describe specific workers.
In the early 1900s, berry picking was a huge seasonal industry, and entire families would travel to picking camps—it was actually a major source of income and employment for agricultural communities!
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