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Meanings of blackleg in inglés

portugués
fura-greve
catalán
esquirol
español
esquirol

Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.

        esquirol
        ruso
        эмфизематозный карбункул
        español
        carbunco sintomático

        Infectious bacterial disease.

              Related terms
              carbunco sintomático

              Take the place of work of someone on strike.

                    Synonyms
                    Examples for "fink"
                    Examples for "fink"
                    1
                    Just because I work for Grand D doesn't make me their fink.
                    The Great Book of Amber
                    2
                    I'm beginnin' to fink she's gowing to do milord the mokkis prahd.
                    We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
                    3
                    Don' you fink we could ketch one an' hev a fricassee, perfusser?
                    The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
                    4
                    I'll wemember and fink, and tell you what I have finked.
                    Snake and Sword: A Novel
                    5
                    I fink He hears better dat way, an' I det better.
                    The Fourth Watch
                    Usage of blackleg in inglés
                    1
                    He seems to be a complete blackleg, in spite of his baronetcy.
                    Ruth
                    2
                    No doubt you've set me down as a cad and a blackleg.
                    Roger Ingleton, Minor
                    3
                    But he disliked Robert bitterly, as a species of bourgeois blackleg.
                    The Dark House
                    4
                    It's bad enough; but I'm not such a blackleg as Draven makes out-
                    Boycotted, and Other Stories
                    5
                    You are novices at gambling; I am an old blackleg.
                    Bohemian Days: Three American Tales
                    6
                    I'd never hear the last of it if I was to be a blackleg.
                    Lady Bountiful
                    7
                    That rage against Easton was like the rage of a trade-unionist against a blackleg.
                    The Research Magnificent
                    8
                    She was putting him on the plane of a blackleg.
                    Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
                    9
                    A kind of blackleg doing the work cheaper-nay ,fornothing.
                    The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
                    10
                    He bears but a very indifferent character, and will probably become a complete blackleg.
                    Pelham — Volume 05
                    11
                    Such were the terrific consequences of a diplomatist turning blackleg!
                    Vivian Grey
                    12
                    Knave he was,-cheatat cards, blackleg on the turf,-butforgery!
                    What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04
                    13
                    Art found a heifer down in the breaks that looks like she might have blackleg.
                    Jean of the Lazy A
                    14
                    China has restricted imports of Canadian canola with blackleg.
                    Reuters
                    15
                    You are a fool as well as a blackleg.
                    Half a Rogue
                    16
                    He was a blackleg, but it isn't pleasant to contemplate the manner of his end.
                    The Lure of the Mask
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                    Translations for blackleg
                    portugués
                    fura-greve
                    catalán
                    esquirol
                    Blackleg through the time
                    Blackleg across language varieties
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