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"(rare) A line or rope held by one or many pickets, chiefly one used for tethering horses."
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"word": "recinto con corda e picchetti"
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"(military) A boundary guarded by a picket (unit of soldiers)."
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"sense": "boundary guarded by a unit of soldiers",
"word": "rajatolppa"
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"sense": "boundary guarded by a unit of soldiers",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "line or rope held by pickets",
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"word": "recinto con corda e picchetti"
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"word": "rajatolppa"
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"word": "picchetto di scioperanti"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "boundary created by workers participating in a strike",
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"word": "streikevakt"
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"word": "piquete"
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