picking

1. A gathering to pick fruit.

   We went to a strawberry picking last June.

2. Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

3. Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.

   easy pickings, rich pickings

4. Something picked or pulled out.

   The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.

5. The act of making a choice; selection.

6. The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.

7. The removal of defects from electrotype plates.

8. Dabbing in stoneworking.

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