Definizione monolingua

picking

picking

1. Present participle of pick.

picking (plural pickings)

1. A gathering to pick fruit.

   We went to a strawberry picking last June.

2. (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.
   • 1899, F. Marion Crawford, Via Crucis, ch. 9:

     Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the citys garbage.

3. (usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in a unscrupulous or objectionable manner.
   • 1919, Anthony Hope, The Secret of the Tower, ch. 11:

     He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself.

Definizione dizionario picking

raccolta di fiori o frutta

Altri significati:

(usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

A gathering to pick fruit.

Present participle of pick.

(usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in a unscrupulous or objectionable manner.