prelockout

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adjective

Before a lockout.

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Meanings

adjectiveprelockout (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore a lockout.

    His size, however, was considered a barrier, particularly when the prelockout N.H.L. seemed dominated by bigger and bigger players.

    2008 March 24, Lynn Zinser, “A Rangers Rookie’s Stature Grows With Each Shootout Goal”, in New York Times
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    For the time being the BCC had won, but the unions recovered quickly and prelockout conditions concerning wage rates and craft prerogatives again prevailed.

    2009, Dominic A. Pacyga, Chicago: a biography, page 151

Origin

From pre- + lockout.

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Cite this entry
APA

prelockout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelockout

MLA

“prelockout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelockout. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prelockout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prelockout.

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