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Meanings of blackball in inglés

catalán
exiliar

Expel from a community or group.

exiliar
portugués
vetar
catalán
donar bola negra a
español
echar bola negra

Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent.

echar bola negra

The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.

Usage of blackball in inglés
1
Hand them around; blackball them; sound the alarm of mad dog.
Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading / A compendium of...
2
They probably just wanted to blackball him out of the league.
The Guardian
3
Snooks does not any more think it gentlemanlike to blackball attorneys.
The Book of Snobs
4
If I wasn't afraid she would blackball me for the P.W.L.
The Sorrows of a Show Girl: A Story of the Great "White Way"
5
The reaction to Cameron's blackball has been suitably scathing.
The Guardian
6
But neither do they deserve new laws or "voluntary" regulations that would blackball them.
Reuters
7
Still, I knew he could and would blackball me in an instant if he wanted to.
The brush-off: a hair-raising mystery
8
The committee will blackball the best fellow that ever lived if I don't go and stop them.
Little Novels
9
I didn't blackball you.
The Illustrated Man
10
So they go back to their clubs and their cards, and their billiards, and abuse their cooks and blackball their friends.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
11
You may be sure some of the proud people and most of the parvenus of the Club were ready to blackball him.
The Book of Snobs
12
Do not they abuse you behind your back, and blackball you at societies where they have had the honour to propose you?
Tancred; Or, The New Crusade
13
The electing board is the whole club, and a candidate is stone-dead at the first blackball; but no stigma attaches to him for that.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
14
All evidently were in agreement with Maisie, and determined to blackball Honor as a vindication of their zeal for the credit of their house.
The New Girl at St. Chad's: A Story of School Life
15
After the protests, Kaepernick could not find a job for the 2017 season and sued the NFL, accusing owners of colluding to blackball him.
Reuters
16
Paul Maunder talks about the centenary of the miners' strike in Blackball.
Radio NZ
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Translations for blackball
portugués
vetar
Blackball through the time