picket line
- a line of strikers or other demonstrators serving as pickets.
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Origin of picket line
First recorded in 1855–60
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Related Words for picket line
strike, protest, parade, sit-in, walkout, march, picket, fast, rally, teach-in, lie-in, love-inExamples from the Web for picket line
Historical Examples of picket line
Carleton often rode through them, and out on the picket-line.
Charles Carleton CoffinWilliam Elliot Griffis, D. D.
Wallace stationed his picket-line close to the enemy's works.
From Fort Henry to CorinthManning Ferguson Force
One day the guard brought in a suspicious character from the picket-line.
Whip and SpurGeorge E. Waring
They sweep away the Rebel picket-line as if it were a cobweb.
The Boys of '61Charles Carleton Coffin.
“I never liked pipe-smoking on the picket-line,” said Merton.
A Diplomatic AdventureS. Weir Mitchell
picket line
- a line of people acting as pickets
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