pickings

/ (ˈpɪkɪŋz) /


pl n
  1. (sometimes singular) money, profits, etc, acquired easily or by more or less dishonest means; spoils

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How to use pickings in a sentence

  • He was in no shape to do anything, and unless he managed to find food and drink pretty soon, he would be easy pickings for IC.

    Insidekick | Jesse Franklin Bone
  • We endeavoured to get cookhouse jobs for the pickings to be had, but could not do so.

  • The small pickings left over and above, namely nine first prizes and twelve second, were shared by Alwida and Iernia respectively.

  • pickings put three balls precisely into the bubbling water, and drew alongside on his eighth shot.

    Murder in Any Degree | Owen Johnson
  • At the same moment, pickings and Booverman, as though carried off by the same cannon-ball, flattened on the green.

    Murder in Any Degree | Owen Johnson