pickin
Word Origin for pickin
from Portuguese pequeno; see piccaninny
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Examples from the Web for pickin
Historical Examples of pickin
You're tired to pieces with this pickin' and sortin', an' you're comin' over to dinner, both on ye.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
The only thing I've got against her is her bad judgment in pickin' a father.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
Is a feller free when he's got two pickin' at him instead of one?
Keziah CoffinJoseph C. Lincoln
And I said, 'They're all pickin' on me and callin' me cowardy calf!'
In a Little TownRupert Hughes
She's pickin' herself up out the dust and hurryin' home like two-forty.
In a Little TownRupert Hughes