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People from states that have sales tax that come to states with no sales tax and pick the shelves of stores clean of all products leaving nothing for the people that actually live in the tax free state, usually takes place on weekends, but can happen at any time.
Wow the pickers really wiped out Walmart this weekend the shelves were bare.

Man the pickers hit bjs hard this weekend.
Pickers by JBONE1986 December 11, 2023
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pickers elbow 

An elbow strain you get from picking items in fulfillment at target for an extended period of time. Usually caused by your arms being in a certain position while pushing your pick cart.
My arms were bent all night long. I think I might be dealing with pickers elbow.
pickers elbow by Arnold247 December 19, 2021

American Pickers 

A TV show about 2 homosexual men who travel the country buying worthless shit from hoarders.
That show american pickers is strange! I know, those guys are so gay for each other!

American Cotton Pickers 

A proposed spin-off of the American Pickers TV show.Instead of a pair of "Laurel and Hardy" white guys buying antique artifacts,this series would feature a pair of "Amos and Andy" black guys stealing valuable household items to sell for drug money.
Do you happen to know if The History Channel is going to air American Cotton Pickers?

pinestraw pickers 

Slang for an illegal immagrant, in the south, who makes their living picking up pinestraw that comes off of pinetrees.
usually mexicans are pinestraw pickers.

cherry pickers 

People who shop at a place for the best deals. They do so without purchasing any regular items - considered undesirable, typically, by the store management.

Also used to describe certain hedge fund managers who allot their best investments to the hedge fund held by family and allot other investments to other hedge funds that they managed - possibly against rules (if registered).
“Each week when our new sales get published, the cherry pickers come and buy us out of the best items,” the store clerk said.
cherry pickers by lu_b June 30, 2011

peach pickers 

The one true derogatory term for Caucasians. Many whites would go around picking peaches in their spare time, and none would fall for the loss of such peaches!
Hey guys look! It's a bunch of peach Pickers! Damn pale skins at work!