picking

noun8

1. •
   The act of making a choice; selection.
2. •
   Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.

   • He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself. — 1919
3. •
   A gathering to pick fruit.

   • We went to a strawberry picking last June.
4. •
   Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

   • Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage. — 1899
5. •
   Something picked or pulled out.

   • The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.
6. •
   The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.
7. •
   The removal of defects from electrotype plates.
8. •
   Dabbing in stoneworking.