cherry picker

noun5

1. •
   A person or device that harvests cherries, or that aids in the harvesting of cherries.
2. •
   A piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.

   • Earlier police used a cherry picker to clear protesters perched on a wooden structure built to block the road at Oxford Circus. — 2019
3. •
   A cantilevered tool for installing or removing a vehicle's engine block.
4. •
   (figurative) A person or group that picks the best for themselves; one who cherry-picks.
5. •
   (figurative) A person or group that picks only evidence which supports an argument and ignores evidence which contradicts it; one who cherry-picks.

   • Two conclusions stand out: The Bible is a cherry-picker's paradise, and human beings cannot function without double standards. — 2006

noun1

1. •
   (slang, historical) Synonym of Cherrybum (“a member of the 11th Hussars cavalry regiment”).