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A small amount left after others have taken a share. For example, After each of the children took what they wanted of Mother's things, it was slim pickings for the rest of the family. This expression alludes to animals devouring a carcass. [Early 1600s]

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Words related to slim pickings

lack, inadequacy, paucity, deficiency, absence, shortage, several, some, infrequency, scantiness, default, privation, defect, famine, scantness, poverty, want, need, miss, meagerness

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