"flying picket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flying pickets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flying picket (plural flying pickets)
  1. (UK) A person or group of people who can be rapidly deployed to different locations in order to picket workplaces (take part in blockades or other protests) during an industrial dispute (dispute between workers and employers). Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-flying_picket-en-noun-SBbfeD~6 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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