picket line

noun

1. a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.

picket line

noun

1. a line of people acting as pickets

Word History and Origins

Origin of picket line¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

When I walk the picket line with bakery workers and I see their determination, their tenacity, their courage, that’s what gives me hope.

From Time

The strike at John Deere is the biggest of the pandemic era, with 10,000 workers on the picket line calling for better pay and benefits.

From Axios

Thousands of John Deere workers hit the picket line this week after the union smacked down a new worker contract from the farm and equipment maker.

From Axios

It was an implicit signal that they would not cross a picket line, should the Opera House Orchestra strike, de Boor said.

From Washington Post

Those replacements had crossed a picket line during a strike for a fictional NFL.

From Washington Post

Yet the teachers are angrily rejecting it and taking to the picket line.

From The Daily Beast

Without warning, we found ourselves foul of a picket-line, and the vague forms of grazing horses loomed close by.

From Project Gutenberg

They had other employment now than guarding teams or keeping watch on the picket line.

From Project Gutenberg

The Second and Sixth Corps succeeded in taking the intrenched picket line, and holding it.

From Project Gutenberg

Precisely at ten o'clock there was a signal-gun, a yell, a volley of musketry as the Rebels attacked Parke's picket-line.

From Project Gutenberg

Parke strengthened his picket-line, and brought up his reserve artillery, to be ready in case of emergency.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• parade
• protest
• sit-in
• strike
• walkout