Definition of Picking

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Picking

of Pick

The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick.

The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering.

That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned.

Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered.

The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks.

Rough sorting of ore.

Overburned bricks.

Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.

Nice; careful.

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Picking Quotations

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.
Plautus

I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.
Bear Bryant

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
H. L. Mencken

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.
Keith Richards

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.
Desmond Tutu

I have never for a minute felt in was my stock picking abilities. I feel that my stock picking abilities aided- I was able to pick out which are the good stocks in the good market, but I have been blessed with a great market.
Jim Cramer

I have these big piano-playing hands. I feel like I should be picking potatoes.
Sandra Bullock

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
E. B. White

It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors.
Sam Levenson

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.
Elayne Boosler

Picking Translations

picking in Swedish is att ta

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