Something which is or may be picked or picked up; the amount picked; a scrap. In pl.: gleanings of fruit, remaining scraps of food, or portions of anything worth picking up or appropriating. Freq. with modifying word, as fine, slim, small, etc.
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'Cause the one dump was only th-- three-miles out-of-town and used to be able to go in there and pick big tomatoes and cucumbers and-that because the seeds would start growing eh. Oh yeah. Good pickings up there (laughs). You can never fail at a dump. |
A room in a house normally used to receive or entertain guests. |