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      picket
      noun
      a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
      a wooden strip forming part of a fence
      a vehicle performing sentinel duty
      a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
      a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
      a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
      verb
      fasten with a picket
      serve as pickets or post pickets
      Roots
      piquerpick- · French · pierce, prick
      Synonyms for picket
      protestnsentrynfencensentinelnstrikenstakenlookoutn
      Words related to picket
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