white picket fence

noun

A symbol of the ideal middle-class suburban life, with a large house, family, and peaceful lifestyle.

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Meanings

nounwhite picket fence (plural white picket fences)

plural white picket fences

  1. figurativelyA 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.
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