Pickethouse

noun

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of picket-house. alt-of, alternative

    "His greatest hope was that this was not a full-scale attack, merely a skirmish at the pickethouse, like the one the night before."

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"His greatest hope was that this was not a full-scale attack, merely a skirmish at the pickethouse, like the one the night before."

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