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CHERRY-PICKER [2 records]

Record 1 2003-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A small donkey engine loaded on to a skeleton car or flat car and taken out along the track to pick up logs .. dropped from cars on the way down to the beach.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Exploitation forestière

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
DEF

Retailers' term for bargain hunters who shop from store to store. (Gazette, March 23, 1983).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
DEF

Consommateur dont les achats sont conditionnés par les différentes promotions dont il peut bénéficier et non par son attachement à une marque ou à une enseigne.

Spanish

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