picker-upper

[pik-er-uhp-er] /ˈpɪk ərˈʌp ər/

noun, Informal.

something that restores one's depleted energy or depressed spirits; pick-me-up.

Origin

1935-40; pick up + -er¹, joined pleonastically to both v. and particle

Slang definitions & phrases for picker-upper

noun

A person or thing that picks up: A hitchhiker caught a ride. The picker-upper was soon arrested (1936+)