noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of pick (I)
1. pickings plural : something that is picked or picked up: as
a. : gleanable or eatable fragments especially from refuse : scraps
the dogs have scanty pickings in that house
b. : share of spoils
c. : yield or return for effort expended
the U-boats … shifted to fields where the pickings were easier — J.P.Baxter
2. : a soft brick or one not fully burned