pickings
- noun
- /ˈpɪkɪŋz/
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cosechas
- During the garage sale, there were great pickings for antique lovers eager to find hidden treasures.
But I'm well aware of those times where it was slim pickings.
- But I'm well aware of those times where it was slim pickings.
- Not as rich, maybe, but much easier pickings.
Examples
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But you can see why it's easy pickings for critics of people like you and me because we're such free speech champions.
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We got slim pickings left here fans, but that's OK, we'll make do.
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Although, come to think of it, the advice is probably similar to many of the writing posts on Brain Pickings, which I like as well.
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But you can see why it's easy pickings for critics of people like you and me because we're such free speech champions.
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Brain Pickings has some favorites, but here are a few of my own:
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So it wasn't at all wrong to conclude from what happened in Afghanistan that there was easy pickings elsewhere.
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Incidentally, if you're not already a regular reader of 'Brain Pickings', you really should be.
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Sites like Boing Boing and Brain Pickings are great content curators.
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With respect to sport, curses have been discussed in several sports, such as professional football ("Tricky Pickings," 2005) and professional golf ("Bunkered Champions," 1994).
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The market had slim pickings today, with only a few fresh vegetables available for sale.
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pickings comes from the simple verb pick, which means 'to pluck' or take small things like fruit from a tree. So pickings are the things you can 'pick' or gather, often the easy or leftover items someone can get.