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Meanings of
strikebreaker
in English
Russian
штрейкбрехер
Portuguese
fura-greve
Catalan
esquirol
Spanish
esquirol
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Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
rat
scab
blackleg
Russian
штрейкбрехер
Usage of
strikebreaker
in English
1
There is nothing more despicable than the name of
strikebreaker
.
2
Joe Robbins, known as an Englishman or a
strikebreaker
,
fought with everyone & died of thirst in the scrub.
3
Twice that number and more picketed or searched for
strikebreakers
.
4
The girl, told off by Sam, stood on the sidewalk passing out pamphlets to the
strikebreakers
.
5
The picket at the shirtwaist factory reported that three more of the
strikebreakers
had left the plant.
6
Fliring a crew of local toughs, Rosselli kept the gates open for scab
strikebreakers
desperate for work.
7
A thousand or two of
strikebreakers
were brought in every night, and distributed among the various plants.
8
Driving the trucks were not ordinary
strikebreakers
but business executives, "key men," in Abram's vernacular.
9
He chose the latter, but to his regret, for all night long gangs of
strikebreakers
kept arriving.
10
The letters and the newspaper interview had been effective and more than half the
strikebreakers
did not appear.
11
The commander of the federal forces prohibited the import of
strikebreakers
from other states, banned picketing, and protected scabs.
12
They have claimed the company has been using
strikebreakers
to carry out waste collections in Dublin during the dispute.
13
When they were reviled as
strikebreakers
or "gentlemen," they laughed like little children who are threatened with a revolver.
14
The two of us are there when one of the
strikebreakers
pulls his car into the driveway of the Store's parking lot.
15
During the elevator strike last year, he supplied detective agencies,
strikebreakers
,
and apartment houses with $1500 woth of nightsticks and billies.
16
He wanted to think out a method of procedure and wanted also to look at the girl
strikebreakers
as they came to work.
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Translations for
strikebreaker
Russian
штрейкбрехер
штрейкбрехеры
Portuguese
fura-greve
Catalan
esquirol
Spanish
esquirol
rompehuelgas
rompe-huelga
rompe-huelgas
Strikebreaker
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