pickler

pickler

One who uses a solution of various corrosive acids (known as "pickle liquor") to clean and remove impurities from steel. My dad worked as a pickler in the local steel mill until an accident left him horribly disfigured.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pickler

n. a drunkard; an alcoholic. (see also pickled.) The cops brought in about thirty picklers last night.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be rooted in (something)
  • rooted in
  • lade
  • lade with
  • laded with
  • lading
  • have a mind as sharp as a steel trap
  • true
  • have a mind like a steel trap
  • mind like a steel trap, have a
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"A typical hearing aid by the time it gets to the end user has been marked up four times," said Pickler, who traveled to Phoenix, Ariz., to meet with the CEO and other executives with Zounds Hearing before the couple decided to invest in the franchise.
We've been seeing each other for over a year," Pickler had revealed.
"We furnish the logistics functions of marine and aviation operations, public works, automotive maintenance and repair, and utilities that are necessary to support the equivalent of a small American town in a remote Pacific island location," Pickler said.
Journalists who have a "watch blog" attached to their hides now include the aforementioned Nedra Pickler, her AP colleague Calvin Woodward, Reuters' Patricia Wilson, The New York Times' Jodi Wilgoren, and The Washington Post's Dan Balz and Cecil Connolly, among others.
Pickler also took John Kerry to task for telling the story of a New Hampshire couple whose water supply was rendered unsafe for drinking or showering due to the presence of a gasoline additive, MTBE, without noting that they now, in fact, had potable water from an alternate source.
Pickler, R.H., Frankel, H.B., Walsh, K.M., & Thompson, N.M.
Pickler also had praise for the company, and said he was "relieved and gratified that sales were up." He added that the company has a lot of good things happening, including their newly expanded Ralph Lauren license.
Meanwhile, theMIW Radio Group ispresenting a one-on-one conversation with country artist and television star Kellie Pickler on Sept 21 from1:45p.m-2:30pm in Broadway AB, inside the convention center.
Joanna Jenner, the company's directory and fourth generation pickler, said it came after frequent requests by Morrisons shoppers at their St Helens stores and on social media.
There, he began “The Mad Pickler,” a small business selling hand crafted pickles.
Samanta Coletti, 27, and Flavia Pickler, 28, from Brazil, were armed with earplugs, water and fake blood.
Sharon Day was the top American finisher in 10th with 6,126, and Diana Pickler of Washington State was 11th with 6,086 - the same score Theisen won the NCAA title with in June.
And with BFF Kellie Pickler as her opening act, we simply can't think of a better girls' night out (North America through October).
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): 'American Idol' contestant Kellie Pickler's flirty relationship with music mogul Simon Cowell has raised many eyebrows, especially after the judge called her a "naughty minx".
The typo, in an article on the upcoming vice presidential picks due from McCain and Barack Obama and written by one of the top AP political scribes, Nedra Pickler, was soon corrected but can still be found viewed via Google at numerous news sites early this morning.