blackleg
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blackleg
take the place of work of someone on strike -
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blackleg
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
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Blackleg
A disease among calves and sheep, characterized by a settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes in the neck. -
Blackleg
A notorious gambler.
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blackleg
A disease in cattle and sheep which affects the legs; symptomatic anthrax. See anthrax. -
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blackleg
A severe form of purpura. -
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blackleg
One who systematically tries to gain money fraudulently in connection with races, or with cards, billiards, or other games; a rook; a swindler. The term implies the habitual frequenting of places where wagers are made and games of chance are played, and the seeking of subsistence by dishonorable betting, but does not always imply direct cheating. Sometimes contracted to leg. -
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blackleg
Same as black-nob. -
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blackleg
A laborer who is not a member of a trade-gild or trade-union; a ‘scab.’
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Blackleg
a low, gambling fellow: a turf-swindler: a term applied by strikers to men willing to work for the wages against which themselves have struck—also Black′-neb
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. blac, blæc, black.
A blacklegged tick is shown next to a penny. toledoblade.com
The two species of ticks most common to the region are the American dog tick and the blacklegged or deer tick . riverreporter.com
Blacklegged ticks , or Deer ticks , are found predominately in deciduous forest, and both nymph and adult stages (all shown here) transmit diseases such as Lyme disease, Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis. forconstructionpros.com
Both are transmitted by blacklegged ticks or deer ticks . brainerddispatch.com
The nobility and gentry, as well as the blacklegs and swindlers of all the nations of Europe, gather there. "Down the Rhine" by
I'd never hear the last of it if I was to be a blackleg. "Lady Bountiful" by
Whilst "Unionist" is foiled by "Blackleg" brother, Labour fights Capital with limbs half shackled. "Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893" by
She was putting him on the plane of a blackleg. "Blow The Man Down" by
He already knows his rival to be a blackguard; in all likelihood he is also a blackleg. "The Flag of Distress" by
And oh the raffish counts and more than doubtful countesses, the noodles and the blacklegs, the good society! "The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete" by
And are you yet with blacklegs fain With loaded dice to throw a main? "Fables of John Gay" by
Dance, you lazy blacklegs; dance on nothing! "The Iron Pirate" by
Randolph had called Clay a 'Blackleg' in a speech. "A Portrait of Old George Town" by
Most of these seemed as eager for the race as an English blackleg for the Derby. "The Quadroon" by
I've heard he's pushed to make ends meet.
To me he's been a fair, straight man
That pays up well an' works a treat.
But if I don't get in this game,
Well, "blackleg" ain't a pretty name.