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Rarepicket line
The correct spelling is picket line.
How to pronounce picket line
noun
IPA: /ˈpɪkɪt laɪn/
Say it like: Pik-et -lin-e
The correct spelling is picket line. A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses.
- 2.A barrier or fortification formed by pickets; a stockade.
- 3.A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers).
- 4.A boundary created by workers participating in a strike, generally at the workplace entrance, which other workers are asked not to pass.
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