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pickings
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pickings, n.pl.
1 perquisites; pilferings (rich pickings).
2 remaining scraps; gleanings.
1 perquisites; pilferings (rich pickings).
2 remaining scraps; gleanings.
THESAURUS
pickings
blackmail, boodle, booty, capital gains, cleanup, clear profit, dividends, earnings, filthy lucre, gain, gains, get, gettings, gleanings, graft, gross, gross profit, haul, hoard, hot goods, income, interest, killing, loot, lucre, makings, neat profit, net, net profit, paper profits, pelf, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, plunder, pork barrel, prize, proceeds, profit, profits, public till, public trough, rake-off, receipts, return, returns, spoil, spoils, spoils of office, squeeze, stealings, stolen goods, store, swag, take, take-in, till, wealth, winningsROGET THESAURUS
pickings
Acquisition
N acquisition, gaining, obtainment, procuration, procurement, purchase, descent, inheritance, gift, recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution, redemption, salvage, trover, find, trouvaille, foundling, gain, thrift, money-making, money grubbing, lucre, filthy lucre, pelf, loaves and fishes, the main chance, emolument, profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit, avails, income, proceeds, produce, product, outcome, output, return, fruit, crop, harvest, second crop, aftermath, benefit, sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool, pot, wealth, subreption, obreption, stealing, acquiring, acquired, profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative, lucri causa.Booty
N booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag, pickings, spolia opima, prey, blackmail, stolen goods, manubial.For further exploring for "pickings" in Webster Dictionary Online