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white picket fences

white picket fences is the plural of white picket fence.

Meaning of white picket fence

Noun

white picket fence (plural white picket fences)

  1. (figuratively) A symbol of the ideal middle-class suburban life, with a large house, family, and peaceful lifestyle.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, picket fence.

Questions about white picket fences

What is white picket fences the plural of?
White picket fences is the plural of white picket fence.

Words near white picket fences in the dictionary

  1. white perch
  2. white petrolatum
  3. white petrolatums
  4. white phosphorus
  5. white picket fence
  6. white picket fences
  7. white pickle
  8. white pie
  9. white pies
  10. White Pigeon
  11. white pill

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