. _:vb7207628 . _:vb7207627 . "2" . _:vb7207627 "(usually, pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food."@en . _:vb7207628 "Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage."@en . _:vb7207628 "1899, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 9, in Via Crucis:"@en .