picket line
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- IPA /ˈpɪkɪt laɪn/
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picket line noun
- A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
- A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
- A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
- A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.
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