picketee

noun

Etymology

From picket + -ee.

  1. derived from piquet
  2. formed as picketee — “picket + -ee

Definitions

  1. One who is being picketed.

    • The picketee is given no choice , and neither is anyone who wishes to visit the picketee's premises or who has business there to attend to, or who would like to go there to work or deliver materials.
  2. Obsolete form of picotee.

    • Sic flow’rs o’ sorts ane seldom sees, / Flecks, flames, bussards an’ picketees, / Wi’ strong carnations, like young trees, / To face the entry; […]
    • It appeared that the prisoner was cutting or plucking some picketees and carnations in Mr. Iner’s garden; some were cut and some were broken.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA