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Gooseberry Picker (A)

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One who has all the toil and trouble of picking a troublesome fruit for the delectation of others. (See Tapisserie.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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