pickin' and grinnin'

noun

Vigorous playing of folk or country music on a stringed musical instrument, especially the guitar or banjo, while smiling broadly.

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nounpickin' and grinnin' (uncountable)

alternative picking and grinning

  1. USidiomaticuncountableentertainmentVigorous playing of folk or country music on a stringed musical instrument, especially the guitar or banjo, while smiling broadly.

    In this city of guitars and grits, Andersen is the ambassador of pickin’ and grinnin’.

    2008 June 25, Joe Edwards, “Guitar-playing 'ambassador' greets visitors at Nashville's Hall of Fame”, in USA Today, retrieved 03 Jan 2009
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    From Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap there was a lot less pickin’ and grinnin’ and a lot more soft rockers and heartbroken love ballads.

    1987 March 20, Scott Mervis, “Country Slickers”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, retrieved 03 Jan 2009, page 19
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APA

pickin' and grinnin'. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickin'%20and%20grinnin'

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“pickin' and grinnin'.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickin'%20and%20grinnin'. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pickin' and grinnin',” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickin'%20and%20grinnin'.

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