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cherry picker [′cher·ē ‚pik·ər] (aerospace engineering) A crane used to remove the aerospace capsule containing astronauts from the top of the rocket in the event of a malfunction. (mechanical engineering) Any of several small traveling cranes, especially one used to hoist a passenger on the end of a boom. (mining engineering) A small hoist used to facilitate car changing near the loader in a mine tunnel. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Last Wednesday, I noticed the men in the boom lift destroying the osprey nest on the platform that was put there for that purpose. Accompanied by the sound of applause, a boom lift gently placed the new central ornamental finial onto the roof of the Eldridge Street The vandals damaged a boom lift, pushed three scissors lifts off a loading ramp and painted graffiti on the outside walls and on the floor, ceiling and interior walls of the unfinished 224,000-square-foot store building. |
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