| 单词 | blackballer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈblackballer ˈblackballer n. ΚΠ 1800 C. Burney Let. in Mem. (1832) III. 299 There were only nine members present; and I saw,..with fear and dismay, the person suspected as a general black-baller. 1869 Spectator 3 July 779 The blackballer declines to associate with the person blackballed, if he can help it. 1977 New Scientist 31 Mar. 781/2 The black-ballers..called forth the wrath of the president by rejecting six out of nine candidates for the fellowship. 2005 J. Richards Sir Henry Irving x. 287 The identity of the blackballer was recently established as actor James Anderson, apparently jealous of Irving's success. < as lemmas |
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