pickings
What's left over
Pickings are things available to be taken or chosen, especially what remains after others have had first choice.
The word almost always appears with a modifier: slim pickings means little is available; easy pickings means something can be taken with little effort or resistance.
Rich pickings suggests abundant rewards: The unlocked cars were rich pickings for thieves.
Money gained from work
- gainsIncreases in value
- returnsProfits from investments
- richHaving much of something
- easyRequiring minimal effort
lucrative · windfall · takings · proceeds · spoils · rewards · haul · share
Cultivated agricultural plants
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- bountyReward for capture
- reapingCutting crops for collection
gleaning · orchard · vineyard · produce · fruit · vegetables · grain · autumn
earnings
Money gained from work
easy · lucrative · windfall · takings · proceeds · spoils · rewards · haul · share · cut
crop
Cultivated agricultural plants
reaping · gleaning · orchard · vineyard · produce · fruit · vegetables · grain · autumn · farmers
leftovers
Uneaten food kept afterward
scraps · residue · slim · meager · lean · sparse · poor · thin · scant · dregs
foraging
Seeking wild food sources
- rummagingSearching by moving things
- salvagingRecovering discarded or damaged goods
- gleaningCollecting leftover grain
scrounging · sifting · hunting · searching · sorting · reclaiming · choosing · selecting · culling
- collectionscollection, collections, anthology, anthologies, compilation
- scrapsbits, scraps, remnants, shards, trimmings
- hopshops, hop varieties, Cascade, Golding, Amarillo
pickingsloss
Being without something
losses · forfeit · deficit · forfeiture · deprivation
pickingshindrance
Barrier to progress
obstacle · impediment · barrier · obstruction · difficulty
- picking upGrasping and lifting
- picking onHarassing someone repeatedly
- picking up the piecesRebuilding after setback
- picking outChoosing from options
- slim pickingsVery limited options
- apple pickingCollecting orchard fruit by hand