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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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How to use picket line in a sentence

When I walk the picket line with bakery workers and I see their determination, their tenacity, their courage, that’s what gives me hope.
What the Labor Movement Needs to Keep 'Striketober' Going, According to New AFL-CIO Leader Liz Shuler|Abby Vesoulis|October 24, 2021|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.
John Deere workers are walking off the job with an economic tailwind|Courtenay Brown|October 20, 2021|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.
New wave of strikes will test worker power|Courtenay Brown|October 16, 2021|Axios
It was an implicit signal that they would not cross a picket line, should the Opera House Orchestra strike, de Boor said.
Kennedy Center stagehands authorize strike, putting ‘Hadestown’ and other scheduled shows in jeopardy|Peggy McGlone|October 7, 2021|Washington Post

Those replacements had crossed a picket line during a strike for a fictional NFL.
For Nationals’ replacement players, a rare and weird opportunity|Jesse Dougherty|April 8, 2021|Washington Post
Yet the teachers are angrily rejecting it and taking to the picket line.
Chicago Teachers Take to the Picket Line|Megan McArdle|September 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Without warning, we found ourselves foul of a picket-line, and the vague forms of grazing horses loomed close by.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
They had other employment now than guarding teams or keeping watch on the picket line.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
The Second and Sixth Corps succeeded in taking the intrenched picket line, and holding it.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
Precisely at ten o'clock there was a signal-gun, a yell, a volley of musketry as the Rebels attacked Parke's picket-line.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
Parke strengthened his picket-line, and brought up his reserve artillery, to be ready in case of emergency.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.

British Dictionary definitions for picket line

picket line

noun

a line of people acting as pickets

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