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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ lockout.

Adjective

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prelockout (not comparable)

  1. Before a lockout.
    • 2008 March 24, Lynn Zinser, “A Rangers Rookie’s Stature Grows With Each Shootout Goal”, in New York Times[1]:
      His size, however, was considered a barrier, particularly when the prelockout N.H.L. seemed dominated by bigger and bigger players.
    • 2009, Dominic A. Pacyga, Chicago: a biography, page 151:
      For the time being the BCC had won, but the unions recovered quickly and prelockout conditions concerning wage rates and craft prerogatives again prevailed.