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picking

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[pik-ing] / ˈpɪk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that picks.

  2. something that is or may be picked or picked up.

  3. the amount picked.

  4. pickings,

    1. scraps or gleanings.

      the pickings of a feast.

    2. profits or gains; spoils.

Etymology

Origin of picking

before 900; Middle English; Old English picung (once) a mark made by picking; pick 1, -ing 1

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