bird-dog
n.— «Some growers use what the industry calls a bird-dog, a person who buys their fruit and combines it with other purchases to fulfill a contract with a processing plant.» —“No number, no fruit processed” by Barbara Carlton Sun Herald (Florida) Nov. 1, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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