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pickings

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. pickings (noun plural)
  2. slim pickings (noun plural)
  3. brain-picking (noun)
  4. egg picking (noun)
  5. feather picking (noun)
  6. flat-picking (noun)
  7. nit-picking (noun)

pick·ings

noun pl \ˈpi-kiŋz, -kənz\

Definition of PICKINGS

: something that is picked or picked up: as a : gleanable or eatable fragments : scraps b : yield or return for effort expended <easy pickings> <slim pickings>

First Known Use of PICKINGS

1642

Rhymes with PICKINGS

dickens, Dickens

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