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Pick at   /pɪk æt/   Listen
Pick at

verb
1.
Pluck or pull at with the fingers.  Synonyms: pluck at, pull at.
2.
Eat like a bird.  Synonyms: peck, peck at.
3.
Express a negative opinion of.  Synonyms: belittle, disparage.






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"Pick at" Quotes from Famous Books



... had a minute ago. No, don't try to get off the table. You can't escape my wand. Another tap. Behold a half-grown chicken, good to eat, but with not a crow in him. Hungry, are you? But you need not pick at the table that way. You get no more grain, but only this little tap. Ha, ha! What are you coming to? There is a chicken barely feathered enough for us to tell what color he ...
— The Magic Egg and Other Stories • Frank Stockton



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