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pick·ings [ˈpɪkɪŋz] N pl

rich [or easy] pickings

slim pickings

mageres Angebot

slim pickings

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

rich pickings for pickpockets

slim pickings

magere Ausbeute

rich [or easy] pickings

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The thin mineral pickings can not have been the attraction. en.wikipedia.org

The fruit quality declines in later pickings. en.wikipedia.org

When these insects move, they can form columns 10-40 m long and these tend to provide easy pickings with little effort exerted by the aardvark. en.wikipedia.org

A slightly higher rate is always paid for second and third pickings, when picking is slower and more ground must be covered. en.wikipedia.org

Meanwhile, desert-dwelling harvester ants block up nearby nests in an effort to maximise their food pickings. en.wikipedia.org

Let the farmers do the fresh pickings for you. opinion.inquirer.net

There are still rich pickings for the chief mourners at the wake. www.independent.ie

This was a reef-mining area with only a small amount of alluvial gold., and as a result received negative reviews from miners who wanted easier pickings. en.wikipedia.org

During the afteroon it rejects humbler types of fish as unworthy, hoping for better pickings but, by evening, is so hungry that it settles for a snail. en.wikipedia.org

The slim pickings here are tasty, but in no way satisfying. en.wikipedia.org

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