What does picket-line mean?
Definitions for picket-line
pick·et-line
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word picket-line.
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Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
picket-line
A rope to which horses are secured when groomed.
picket-line
A position held and guarded by small bodies of men placed at intervals.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of picket-line in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of picket-line in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of picket-line in a Sentence
While Loyola Marymount University is not a party to the negotiations between Sodexo and Unite Here Local 11,( DNC chairman) Tom Perez would absolutely not cross a picket line and would never expect our candidates to either. We are working with all stakeholders to find an acceptable resolution that meets their needs and is consistent with our values and will enable us to proceed as scheduled with next week's debate.
It was early the morning, and I was surprised about it, …I made a choice that I ha[d] to be with my students because I made the promise with them to be with them to practice that day. So I decided to cross the picket line.
I was asked yesterday by someone why I didn't just join teachers on the picket line, close our schools, and go to Sacramento( to) fight for more funding. Ninety percent of our funding comes from Sacramento, after all. ... It's a fair question, then I thought for a moment about Virgil Middle School and Telfair Elementary School.
Emmanuel Macron was coming here, and he didn't plan on meeting the employees or coming to the picket line, but was going under protection to some room in the Chamber of Commerce to meet two or three hand-picked people.
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