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picket::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch |
| Type of | watcher, security guard, watchman |
picket::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | detachment |
picket::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | protester, demonstrator |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | military vehicle |
| Has types | picket boat, picket ship |
Examples of picket
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The original structure featured a cupola and white picket fence, both long gone.
From the sltrib.com
Reporters and neighbors lined the streets outside the home's white picket fence.
From the abcnews.go.com
I don't know who I would have been if I'd had the white-picket-fence upbringing.
From the nytimes.com
Lisa Johnson and picket signs outside a tiny protest at Dupont Circle yesterday.
From the washingtonpost.com
In Houston, passengers had to pass through picket lines on their way to flights.
From the time.com
Mau added that other parents plan to picket the school prior to the opening bell.
From the thenewstribune.com
Some of them were holding picket signs with cardboard Brian Sell busts on them.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
We feel like we're answering the question I had on that day in the picket line.
From the usatoday.com
He watches April from across the proverbial white picket fence with eager eyes.
From the dailyherald.com
- Serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs"
- Lookout: a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
- Fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"
- A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
- A vehicle performing sentinel duty
- In rock climbing, an anchor can be any way of attaching the climber, the rope, or a load to rock, ice, steep dirt, or a building by either permanent or temporary means. ...
- In military terminology, a picket (archaically, picquet, not to be confused with the punishment picquet) refers to soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance. ...
- (Picketers) A piquetero is a member of a political faction whose primary modus operandi is based in the piquete. The piquete is an action by which a group of people blocks a road or street with the purpose of demonstrating and calling attention over a particular issue or demand. ...
