flying picket in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for flying picket in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Translations for flying picket in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.fly1 <3rd pers sing pres flies, pres part flying, pt flew, pp flown> [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] VB intr

1.2. fly:

a nice concept, but will it fly? Am inf
to fly blind AVIAT

2.3. fly (move, be thrown):

II.fly1 <3rd pers sing pres flies, pres part flying, pt flew, pp flown> [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] VB trans

III.fly1 <pl flies> [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] N

fly2 [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] N

fly3 [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] ADJ

I.flying [Am ˈflaɪɪŋ, Brit ˈflʌɪɪŋ] ADJ attr

II.flying [Am ˈflaɪɪŋ, Brit ˈflʌɪɪŋ] N U

I.picket [Am ˈpɪkɪt, Brit ˈpɪkɪt] N

II.picket [Am ˈpɪkɪt, Brit ˈpɪkɪt] VB trans

III.picket [Am ˈpɪkɪt, Brit ˈpɪkɪt] VB intr

flying picket in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for flying picket in the English»Spanish Dictionary

II.picket [ˈpɪkɪt] VB trans (in strike)

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
In 1972, organised flying pickets during the miner's strike.
en.wikipedia.org
The traction engines, equipped with makeshift armour, were almost always blocked "en route" by flying pickets.
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They met the unions and gave them flying pickets.
blogs.spectator.co.uk
He accused them of organising violence by flying pickets, whom he described as thugs.
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Flying pickets blocked a score of petrol distribution depots.
www.independent.co.uk
But despite the flying pickets, the number of working miners grew.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Unionised workers used flying pickets to seek support from workers on the lump.
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