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You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too.
Paul Robeson

Meaning of "picket line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PICKET LINE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICKET LINE

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Picket line is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PICKET LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

picket line

Picket line

A picket line is a horizontal rope, along which horses are tied at intervals. The rope can be on the ground, at chest height, or overhead. The overhead form usually is called a high line. Horses tied on chest-height picket lines Horse tied to an overhead pole on a trailer A variant of a high line, used to tie a single horse, is a horizontal pole attached high on the side of a horse trailer. The attachment is designed so that the pole can be removed or folded against the trailer when not in use.

Definition of picket line in the English dictionary

The definition of picket line in the dictionary is a line of people acting as pickets.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICKET LINE

pickedness
pickeer
pickeerer
pickelhaube
picker
pickerel
pickerelweed
Pickering
pickery
picket
picket duty
picket fence
picketboat
picketer
picketing
Pickford
pickier
pickiest
pickily
pickin

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICKET LINE

all along the line
bottom line
cell line
command line
credit line
dotted line
finish line
front line
hold the line
hotline
land line
lay on the line
on line
product line
production line
red line
sign on the dotted line
six-yard line
step out of line
tag line
toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of picket line in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «picket line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICKET LINE

Find out the translation of picket line to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of picket line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «picket line» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 纠察线
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piquete
570 millions of speakers

English

picket line
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धरना लाइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خط اعتصام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пикет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

piquete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফাঁড়ি স্থাপন করা লাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piquet de grève
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Talian piket
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Streikpostenkette
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピケライン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피켓 농성 대열
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garis piket
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dòng picket
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிக்கி வரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धनादेश ओळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grev hattı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

picchetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

linia pikieta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пікет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linie pichet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πικετοφορία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plakkaatbetoging lyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blockad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

streikevakter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of picket line

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICKET LINE»

The term «picket line» is normally little used and occupies the 118.926 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICKET LINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about picket line

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QUOTES WITH «PICKET LINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word picket line.
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Paul Robeson
You want to shut up every Negro who has the courage to stand up and fight for the rights of his people, for the rights of workers, and I have been on many a picket line for the steelworkers too.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICKET LINE»

Discover the use of picket line in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to picket line and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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On the Picket Line: Strategies of Working-class Women During ...
Working-class women’s creative challenges to oppressive gender norms and workplace discrimination
Mary Eleanor Triece, 2007
2
Yazoo: Or, on the Picket Line of Freedom in the South. A ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Albert Talmon Morgan, 2011
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Codename: Sob Story: The Tale of a Picket Line Sailor During ...
UNTIL NOW. Codename: Sob Story is the true story of how Steiny, a 19-year old Philadelphia native, fought and survived aboard the USS Gear ARS 34.
Jena M Steinmetz, 2013
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The Picket Line of Missions; Sketches of the Advanced Guard
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
William X Ninde, 2012
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Basic Labor and Employment Law for Paralegals
Strangers' picket lines are picket lines established by a union other than the union that represents the employees who have the opportunity to respect or cross the picket line. As we have seen, picketing is concerted activity that is protected by ...
Clyde E. Craig, 2008
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Kamikazes, Corsairs, and Picket Ships: Okinawa, 1945
MILITARY HISTORY. This is the previously untold story of one of the most ferocious and prolonged air/naval battles in history: the battle at the radar picket stations during the American assault on Okinawa in the spring of 1945.
Robin L. Rielly, 2008
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No Middle Ground: Women and Radical Protest
Ultimately the pressure gets too great and the husband returns to Delano."4 The attitudes of the union leadership offer a contrast to the standard historical scholarship on the From the Fields to the Picket Line: Huelga Women and the Boycott, ...
Kathleen M. Blee, 1998
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The Final Battles of the Petersburg Campaign: Breaking the ...
... Andrew Humphreys, complaining about the location of Humphreys's new rifle pits. “The officers of the day, corps and division, report that the right of your picket- line has not advanced so far as our left, and that the latter has in consequence ...
A. Wilson Greene, 2008
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My American Life: From Rage to Entitlement
I showed up at the picket line on my own and asked the people in the line if there was anything I could do to help. My second thoughts had to do with not knowing anyone on the picket line. They were all mostly in their twenties. Since I had not ...
Price Cobbs, 2005
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The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
Fifty Negro youngsters came out of nowhere and formed a second picket line in front of the courthouse, near the line of ministers. All four squads of police had peeled off now and were facing the picket line, clubs in hand. It looked as if ...
Howard Zinn, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICKET LINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term picket line is used in the context of the following news items.
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Can Mark Bittman coax foodies to the picket lines?
This movement's successes are based in “having workers come off of work and march on a picket line,” says Bittman. “It's visible and noisy and ... «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»
2
Halifax Water racks up $2M security bill during labour disruption
"There were emotional crossings of the picket line. There were some incidents of workers that had to come to work who felt frightened, ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
3
The Walker Slayers Dish: How They Beat Him
Quigley crossed the picket line to attend the speech, and said some of Walker's supporters used his attendance to suggest he would ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
4
Union pickets Rhythm City Casino over jobs
Business representative Ryan Drew said the picket line was intended to draw public attention to the fact Rhythm City owner Dan Kehl has not ... «Quad City Times, Jul 15»
5
State retirees contacted about returning to work if AFSCME goes on …
“I feel it was wrong, an employee on state time trying to line up retirees to cross a potential picket line that I didn't see being suggested. I thought ... «The State Journal-Register, Jul 15»
6
On the picket line
verigreedy_0730 Bargaining began June 22 for 38,000 workers in the Verizon East district of the Communication Workers union and of System ... «Workers World, Jul 15»
7
CSO ends three-day strike
About 100 unionized workers — most of them mental health clinicians and crisis workers — were on the picket line along Route 5, calling on ... «The Recorder, Jul 15»
8
Stories from Saint Vincent
But on this day, I did not write about football, because some veterans, including Jack Ham, were on the picket line carting signs that read “No ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Mental health workers in Berkshire Co. walk the picket line
And that's what NEWS10ABC heard time and again on the picket line in Pittsfield. Jessica Farr went to school for six years to be a clinical social ... «NEWS10 ABC, Jul 15»
10
Police Respond To Protest Complaint, Find Sheriff Protesting
Roughly 50 workers, including the officials, joined the picket line at the San Francisco Nursing Center (SFNC) early in the morning. «Daily Caller, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Picket line [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/picket-line>. Apr 2024 ».
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