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unpicked

/ ʌnˈpɪkt /

adjective

  1. (of knitting, sewing, etc) having been unravelled or picked out


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Then she knit her brows, and pinched and compressed her lips tight, and carefully unpicked the G. H.

Never cut all the leaves of plants growing from bulbs, but allow those that are unpicked to die down naturally.

She took the pillow case, and unpicked a few stitches, which clearly indicated that the needle had been taking giant strides.

There are at least a dozen pillows to be unpicked and their contents well sorted, and sprinkled with lime.

Sometime in August of this year, there was a large quantity of yellow unpicked cotton lying in the gin house.

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