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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of picket line1

First recorded in 1855–60
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It has represented a major clear-up operation since the police tactics changed on the picket line and the behind-the-scenes interventions by the government.

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Without any warning, she broke from the picket line, ran to the door of the lobby, pushed it open, and flopped down on the floor inside.

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During the all-out strike that began on 11 March, workers on the picket line have walked slowly in front of the bin lorries being driven out.

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Sharon Graham seldom pulls her punches, but apart from giving a few quotes, she has not been on picket lines, and failed to give interviews bashing the council or the government.

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Joe Biden was the first president to join a union picket line and support labor’s side in a number of major disputes.

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