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noun
a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.
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Origin of picket line
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby picket line
picker-upper, picket, picket boat, picket fence, picketing, picket line, Pickett, Pickford, pick holes in, pickin, picking
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British Dictionary definitions for picket line
picket line
noun
a line of people acting as pickets
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