- (sometimes singular)
money, profits, etc, acquired easily or by more or less dishonest means; spoils
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pick•ing
(pik′ing),USA pronunciation n.
- the act of a person or thing that picks.
- something that is or may be picked or picked up.
- the amount picked.
- pickings:
- scraps or gleanings:the pickings of a feast.
- profits or gains;
spoils.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English picung (once) a mark made by picking; see pick1, -ing1
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