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picking

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pick·ing  (pkng)
n.
1. The act of one that picks.
2. pickings Something or a group of things that are or may be picked.
3.
a. Leftovers. Often used in the plural.
b. A share of spoils.
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Noun1.pickingpicking - the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years"
pick
output, yield, production - the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter"
2.picking - the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
manual labor, manual labour - labor done with the hands


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It happened that a Countryman was sowing some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds were hopping about picking up their food.
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Rising, he kicked the cat out of the door, and picking up the mouse compassionately put it out of its misery by pulling off its head.
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Then the cocoa-nuts would be ripe for picking, and her cousins (like all the natives, Ata had a host of relatives) would swarm up the trees and throw down the big ripe nuts.
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