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Meanings of pickings in English

The act of someone who picks up or takes something.

Usage of pickings in English
1
Yet debt capital market bankers warn that it won't be easy pickings.
Reuters
2
The pickings were slim; the war was taking its toll here, too.
The White Road
3
The thought had never occurred to Tink that Delwood was easy pickings.
Rock and Ice Magazine
4
Hull and Newcastle were much easier pickings in the previous two rounds.
The South African
5
And competing with hundreds of other graduates for the same paltry pickings.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
6
His son and daughter may constitute richer pickings but not by much.
Financial Crime and Corruption
7
Isabelle imagined that Boyle was finding his pickings to be more challenging.
Witch blood
8
There's cereal in the cabinet over the stove, otherwise it's slim pickings.
Love at first flight: one round trip that would change everythin...
9
Of course, the cougars followed, and, oh, the easy pickings for them!
Flowing Gold
10
Yes, as a result, I'm easy pickings because I am honest and unguarded.
The Irish Times
11
Those easy pickings, however, may well be competed away over time.
Reuters
12
Ireland has received slim pickings from its deal with the European Central Bank.
Reuters
13
Guinea a week and the pickings; and you go tomorrow night on trial.
The Christian: A Story
14
IODINE Indeed there are, potentially, rich pickings to be had from such research.
Reuters
15
They'd be sure to think it was easy pickings with a woman driving.
Alas, Babylon
16
The pickings for him have been slimmer in more recent times.
The Guardian
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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