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- noun Someone who
pickets ; one participating in a demonstration or posted on apicket line .
Etymologies
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Examples
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One judge in sentencing a picketer declared, You are striking against God and Nature, whose law is that man shall earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
David Morris: When Unions are Strong, Americans Enjoy the Fruits of Their Labor David Morris 2011
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A lone General Workers Union picketer on one of Madrid's busier shopping streets admitted he did not have much chance of closing shops down.
European day of protests and strikes: live updates Matthew Weaver 2010
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They had dutifully taken care of things, going down to the clinic on Commonwealth Avenue and brushing past the lone woman who was holding a sign and walking the sidewalk, like a picketer, outside.
My First Abortion Con Chapman 2011
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When we pulled up to the clinic, there was one lame picketer in snow pants and a parka, sitting on a chair, holding a sign with a picture of a baby bundled in a blue blanket.
Kiss It Erin Downing 2010
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After a few minutes of sitting there without moving—the whole time the picketer was watching our car carefully, waiting to see if he needed to make a move with his bundle-of-joy poster—Sadie leaned over and turned the keys in the ignition.
Kiss It Erin Downing 2010
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Two demanded to see the papers of a 17-year-old picketer, Nate Taitano, who happened by sheer and utter coincidence to have brown skin.
Dave Zirin: Diamondbacks Demonstration in D.C.: 'Today We Did Some Good' 2010
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Two demanded to see the papers of a 17-year-old picketer, Nate Taitano, who happened by sheer and utter coincidence to have brown skin.
Dave Zirin: Diamondbacks Demonstration in D.C.: 'Today We Did Some Good' 2010
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After a few minutes of sitting there without moving—the whole time the picketer was watching our car carefully, waiting to see if he needed to make a move with his bundle-of-joy poster—Sadie leaned over and turned the keys in the ignition.
Kiss It Erin Downing 2010
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Another picketer, David Kirshbaum, said: "Israel continues to break international law, commit atrocities and lie about it."
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When we pulled up to the clinic, there was one lame picketer in snow pants and a parka, sitting on a chair, holding a sign with a picture of a baby bundled in a blue blanket.
Kiss It Erin Downing 2010
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