picket line

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noun

a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.

Origin of picket line

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby picket line

pickeringite, picker-upper, picket, picket boat, picket fence, picket line, Pickett, Pickford, pick holes in, pickin, picking

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Example sentences from the Web for picket line

A brief conversation took place between the general and Captain Brown of the picket-line.
Who Goes There?|Blackwood Ketcham Benson
Carleton often rode through them, and out on the picket-line.
Charles Carleton Coffin|William Elliot Griffis, D. D.
Would it not be well to have an intermediate man between me and our picket-line?
Who Goes There?|Blackwood Ketcham Benson
One day the guard brought in a suspicious character from the picket-line.
Whip and Spur|George E. Waring

And the tired men snuggled down under their blankets, not very well pleased with the picket-line.
Company G|A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow

British Dictionary definitions for picket line

picket line

noun

a line of people acting as pickets

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单词	picket line
释义	picket line SEE SYNONYMS FOR picket line ON THESAURUS.COM noun a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets. Origin of picket line First recorded in 1855–60 Words nearby picket line pickeringite, picker-upper, picket, picket boat, picket fence, picket line, Pickett, Pickford, pick holes in, pickin, picking Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for picket line A brief conversation took place between the general and Captain Brown of the picket-line. Who Goes There?\|Blackwood Ketcham Benson Carleton often rode through them, and out on the picket-line. Charles Carleton Coffin\|William Elliot Griffis, D. D. Would it not be well to have an intermediate man between me and our picket-line? Who Goes There?\|Blackwood Ketcham Benson One day the guard brought in a suspicious character from the picket-line. Whip and Spur\|George E. Waring And the tired men snuggled down under their blankets, not very well pleased with the picket-line. Company G\|A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow British Dictionary definitions for picket line picket line noun a line of people acting as pickets Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to picket line strike, protest, parade, sit-in, walkout, march, picket, fast, rally, teach-in, lie-in, love-in
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picket line

noun

Origin of picket line

Words nearby picket line

Example sentences from the Web for picket line

British Dictionary definitions for picket line

noun

Words related to picket line