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Blackbirding

noun, verb

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Noun

1
The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. Australia, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable
"Burns Philp was to incur public odium in the most notorious case in Queensland concerning blackbirding."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of blackbird form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From blackbird + -ing, perhaps from the putative slang blackbird (“indigenous Pacific islander”).

Etymology 2

From blackbird + -ing, perhaps from the putative slang blackbird (“indigenous Pacific islander”).

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