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- noun Plural form of
picking .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of someone who picks up or takes something
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Examples
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I have a horror of being broke down at night, or day and a car load of stoned idiots see easy pickings from a stranded motorist.
On Cops and Guns 2008
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I ended up paying $9 for for my small pickings from the buffet.
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What with Millipede, Hughes and some woman from Respect, it was fairly easy pickings from the Question Time tree of stupidity last night ...
Millipede on Questiontime Newmania 2007
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More pickings from the seemingly bottomless growabrain.
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More pickings from the seemingly bottomless growabrain.
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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They had had their pickings from the Persians, and wanted no more part of us.
The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972
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A figure that makes for significant private label pickings for food formulators.
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A figure that makes for significant private label pickings for food formulators.
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Friday Pix are on their way, but I had to share this: I'm making one last pass of my pic sites since the pickings were a little slim this week.
Friday Pix unrepentant 2009
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Speculative poetry had more venues than I knew about, but the pickings were a lot skimpier than they are today.
An Interview with David Kopaska-Merkel marshallpayne1 2010
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