picking

pickingnoun/ˈpɪkɪŋ/

• 1

  A gathering to pick fruit.

  • We went to a strawberry picking last June.
• 2

  Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

  • Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage.
• 3

  Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.

  • easy pickings, rich pickings
  • He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself.
• 4

  Something picked or pulled out.

  • The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.
• 5

  The act of making a choice; selection.

• 6

  The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.

• 7

  The removal of defects from electrotype plates.

• 8

  Dabbing in stoneworking.

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• pick