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picket line
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picket line
(noun)
picket line
noun
plural
picket lines
picket line
noun
plural
picket lines
Britannica Dictionary definition of PICKET LINE
[
count
]
:
a line or group of people who are refusing to go to work until their employer agrees to certain demands
She joined her coworkers on the
picket line
.
The other employees refused to
cross the picket line
. [=to work while other workers were picketing]
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