Synonyms for pickings
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pik-ing |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪk ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for pickings Other synonyms for the word pickings
- acquirement
- acquisition
- alternative
- appointing
- appointment
- bite
- bite to eat
- blue ribbon
- boodle
- break
- cake
- capture
- carrot
- choosing
- culling
- cut
- deciding
- decoration
- denominating
- denomination
- determination
- determining
- dividend
- dough
- draft
- druthers
- eats
- electing
- election
- excerpt
- exercising judgment
- feather in cap
- first place
- gain
- gold
- gold star
- goodies
- goods
- graft
- gravy
- grub
- guerdon
- haul
- honor
- hot goods
- indicating
- inducement
- isolating
- isolation
- jackpot
- laurel
- lift
- light meal
- loot
- lunch
- luncheon
- make
- making a choice
- making up one's mind
- medal
- meed
- midnight snack
- money
- morsel
- munch
- nibble
- nosh
- option
- payoff
- pick
- picking
- pickings
- piece
- pillage
- plum
- plunder
- plunderage
- possession
- premium
- prey
- privilege
- prize
- purse
- quarry
- rapine
- raven
- recompense
- refreshment
- requital
- reward
- scholarship
- seizure
- selection
- separating
- separation
- spoil
- spoils
- squeeze
- stakes
- strokes
- stuff
- swag
- take
- takings
- tea
- tidbit
- tiny meal
- title
- trappings
- trophy
- windfall
- winnings
Définition of pickings
- As in loot : noun stolen goods
- As in nosh : noun snack
- As in plunder : noun something stolen
- As in prize : noun award, winnings
- As in selection : noun preference from among choices
- As in snack : noun tiny meal
- As in spoils : noun possessions stolen or gained
- As in choosing : noun selecting
- As in booty : noun loot
- As in selecting : noun choosing
- Guinea a week and the pickings; and you go tomorrow night on trial.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- But the pickings, even here, were scanty, and loans hard to obtain.
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- Jim Dilks and his wreckers must be over here looking for pickings.
- Extract from : « Darry the Life Saver » by Frank V. Webster
- The salesmen collected and in turn got forty per cent of the pickings.
- Extract from : « Secret Armies » by John L. Spivak
- From this plant a number of flushes or pickings are secured in a year.
- Extract from : « Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value » by Harry Snyder
- The last two or three pickings are thin and only secured once a week.
- Extract from : « Mushrooms: how to grow them » by William Falconer
- We think that you should retire for we want some pickings for ourselves.
- Extract from : « Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea » by Charles H. L. Johnston
- "If the pickings are good, then there must be fewer pickers," he remarked with a grin.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Grandfather Mole » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- We endeavoured to get cookhouse jobs for the pickings to be had, but could not do so.
- Extract from : « The Escape of a Princess Pat » by George Pearson
- But I suppose that when you worked with him, there were some pickings?
- Extract from : « The Hero of the People » by Alexandre Dumas
Antonyms for pickings
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