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picket fence
noun
a fence consisting of pickets or pales nailed to horizontal stringers between upright posts.
picket fence
noun
a fence consisting of pickets supported at close regular intervals by being driven into the ground, by interlacing with strong wire, or by nailing to horizontal timbers fixed to posts in the ground
Word History and Origins
Origin of picket fence1
Example Sentences
So production designer Elisabeth Williams and her team went all in on white picket fences and manicured lawns.
Goranson: In a Connerian way — is that a new term? — no one’s getting the white picket fence in the suburbs unless it’s way in the suburbs.
His uncle leapt over their white picket fence to save precious seconds as he stuffed items into the back of his car.
There will be no more white picket fences.
There’s a white picket fence and a nice house, but there are still racists and wife-beaters.
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