2syllables
pickings
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Definitions ofpickings
1noun
- A gathering to pick fruit.
Example: "We went to a strawberry picking last June."
- (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
- (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
- Something picked or pulled out.
Example: "The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom."
- The act of making a choice; selection.
- The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
- The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
- Dabbing in stoneworking.
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