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Meanings of blackleg in английском

португальский
fura-greve
каталонский
esquirol
испанский
esquirol

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

fura-greve
русский
эмфизематозный карбункул
испанский
carbunco sintomático

Infectious bacterial disease.

Related terms
эмфизематозный карбункул

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 английском
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
португальский
fura-greve
каталонский
esquirol
Blackleg through the time
Blackleg across language varieties
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