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Blackleg

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax. uncountable
  2. 2
    someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike wordnet
  3. 3
    A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria, characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion. uncountable
  4. 4
    A disease of brassicas caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans uncountable
  5. 5
    A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker. countable

    "[H]ere, then, was a community of good taste and kind feeling, no sharpers, no black-legs, no wolves in sheep's clothing."

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  1. 6
    A person who takes the place of striking workers. countable

    "In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time."

Verb
  1. 1
    To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.

    "Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?"

  2. 2
    take the place of work of someone on strike wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From black + leg.

Etymology 2

From black + leg.

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