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Nouns
(n)
lookout
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lookout man
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sentinel
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sentry
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watch
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spotter
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scout
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picket
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
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(n)
picket
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
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(n)
picket
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
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(n)
picket
a vehicle performing sentinel duty
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(n)
picket
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pale
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
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(n)
picket
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piquet
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
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Verbs
(v)
picket
serve as pickets or post pickets
“picket a business to protest the layoffs”
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(v)
picket
fasten with a picket
“picket the goat”
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