The pickings were easy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : the pickings of a feast. From Dictionary.com.
More pickings from the seemingly bottomless growabrain. From Wordnik.com. [Spelunking with Monet] Reference
They had had their pickings from the Persians, and wanted no more part of us. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
A figure that makes for significant private label pickings for food formulators. From Wordnik.com. [ConfectioneryNews RSS] Reference
Your pickings are a lot less slim than mine, Frances. From Wordnik.com. [Blooms? In January? « Fairegarden] Reference
Obviously the pickings are a lot slimmer for buy-low devotees. From Wordnik.com. [Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com] Reference
But after you get past those three, the pickings are a bit slim. From Wordnik.com. Reference
There must be some out there, although I would guess the "pickings" may be slim in Kansas City. From Wordnik.com. [Posthuman Blues] Reference
But Mr. Otteau's statistics show the "pickings" to be more ample than usual at this time of year. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
After that, the pickings are a bit slim. From Wordnik.com. [Live Action Comic Adaptations | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
The chief'll want to break in here, might be some of his kind of pickings about. ". From Wordnik.com. [Galactic Derelict]
He was a way down the list but he's easy-pickings. From Wordnik.com. [Peach (2)] Reference
I'm not gonna lie to you: it's slim pickings this week. From Wordnik.com. [Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: New Music for August 10] Reference
For those who wait, tire pickings could be very limited. From Wordnik.com. [When to buy winter tires - sooner, rather than later] Reference
Hoodlums began moving elsewhere, toward easier pickings. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
"You can make some big pickings if you want to, my friend.". From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
The pickings were slim: Elizabeth Blackwell, Florence Nightingale. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Lincoln] Reference
Altogether ten or eleven good pickings are gathered from each bed. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
When it came to the needed collection Mame found it hard pickings. From Wordnik.com. [Working With the Working Woman] Reference
Jim Dilks and his wreckers must be over here looking for pickings. From Wordnik.com. [Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast] Reference
The last two or three pickings are thin and only secured once a week. From Wordnik.com. [Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure] Reference
From this plant a number of flushes or pickings are secured in a year. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
The salesmen collected and in turn got forty per cent of the pickings. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare] Reference
There they are obliged to use the last pickings of tea, commonly known as. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Tea Book] Reference
If that is so, as it well might be, there'd be some rich pickings for the taking. From Wordnik.com. [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference
Industry officials blame the rental decline earlier this year on slim video pickings. From Wordnik.com. [Hit The Eject Button] Reference
The wide-awake boys who first conceived the idea had taken the cream of the pickings. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
We endeavoured to get cookhouse jobs for the pickings to be had, but could not do so. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
New York is filled with impromptu gallery shows -- and the pickings can often be slim. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Siegel: Review: 320 Studios] Reference
With the cops busy fighting each other, this was better pickings than outside the dome. From Wordnik.com. [Police Your Planet] Reference
Admittedly it was slim pickings in Boston sports back in the mid-'50s when I came of age. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Final Farewell] Reference
The market for relievers is slim pickings this year, and Capps could help some contender. From Wordnik.com. [The impact of trading Matt Capps] Reference
Jeez, you know there's slim pickings for a 50-year old when he starts rooting for Taylor Swift. From Wordnik.com. [Andy Ostroy: MTV's Video Music Awards Make Me Feel 100-Years-Old] Reference
Until now, the pickings have been slim, largely because software designers are still mostly men. From Wordnik.com. [No Boys Allowed] Reference
"Oh, you fellows in Government employ always get your money and have a good chance for pickings.". From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
You can harvest tomatoes or arugula a couple of times a week and take your pickings home with you. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Weiss: Alec Baldwin Chows Down With the Neighbors at Hamptons Event] Reference
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