blackbirdingn.

Brit.

/ˈblakbəːdɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈblækˌbərdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blackbird n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < blackbird n. (although this is apparently first attested later in the relevant sense) + -ing suffix¹. Compare later blackbird v.

slang (originally and chiefly Nautical). Now historical.

Esp. in the south Pacific: the action or occupation of kidnapping islanders for the slave trade, or as indentured labourers.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [noun] > into slavery

panyarring1703

blackbirding1836

1836 Emancipator (N.Y.) 15 Dec. 130/3 One of the hands..was heard to say to a friend of his,..‘O, we've come black-birding again.’

1868 Allen's Indian Mail 19 Mar. 272/1 He declines to prophesy the fate of the expedition,..laughs at John Bull's extensive preparations for ‘blackbirding’.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 84 Blackbirding, slave-catching. Term most applied nowadays to the Polynesian coolie traffic.

1897 W. C. Morrow Ape, Idiot, & other People (1898) 314 ‘Blackbirding’ (which is kidnapping Gilbert Islanders and selling them to the coffee-planters of Central America).

1908 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 4/6 ‘Blackbirding’..is not yet an entirely extinct industry [in the Pacific Islands].

1968 G. Daws Shoal of Time v. 181 The British government was casting an anxious eye at blackbirding in the Pacific.

1998 Guardian 22 July ii. 15/3 So we went slaving and blackbirding for staff up the Cannibal Island chain of the New Hebrides.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [adjective] > into slavery

blackbirding1860

1860 New Hampsh. Statesman 25 Feb. He had secured a vessel, and was getting a crew, for what he termed a ‘blackbirding’ expedition.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Aug. 2/2 Years ago blackbirding scoundrels may have hailed from Fiji.

1920 Smith's Weekly (Sydney) 18 Sept. 17/4 In the old blackbirding days..they played mean tricks on the ignorant islanders.

2004 Townsville (Austral.) Sun (Nexis) 30 June 8 The opportunity to tell the truth about the blackbirding stain on our rich and colourful heritage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blackbirding
释义	blackbirdingn. Brit. /ˈblakbəːdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈblækˌbərdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: blackbird n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < blackbird n. (although this is apparently first attested later in the relevant sense) + -ing suffix¹. Compare later blackbird v. slang (originally and chiefly Nautical). Now historical. Esp. in the south Pacific: the action or occupation of kidnapping islanders for the slave trade, or as indentured labourers. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [noun] > into slavery panyarring1703 blackbirding1836 1836 Emancipator (N.Y.) 15 Dec. 130/3 One of the hands..was heard to say to a friend of his,..‘O, we've come black-birding again.’ 1868 Allen's Indian Mail 19 Mar. 272/1 He declines to prophesy the fate of the expedition,..laughs at John Bull's extensive preparations for ‘blackbirding’. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 84 Blackbirding, slave-catching. Term most applied nowadays to the Polynesian coolie traffic. 1897 W. C. Morrow Ape, Idiot, & other People (1898) 314 ‘Blackbirding’ (which is kidnapping Gilbert Islanders and selling them to the coffee-planters of Central America). 1908 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 4/6 ‘Blackbirding’..is not yet an entirely extinct industry [in the Pacific Islands]. 1968 G. Daws Shoal of Time v. 181 The British government was casting an anxious eye at blackbirding in the Pacific. 1998 Guardian 22 July ii. 15/3 So we went slaving and blackbirding for staff up the Cannibal Island chain of the New Hebrides. Compounds General attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [adjective] > into slavery blackbirding1860 1860 New Hampsh. Statesman 25 Feb. He had secured a vessel, and was getting a crew, for what he termed a ‘blackbirding’ expedition. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Aug. 2/2 Years ago blackbirding scoundrels may have hailed from Fiji. 1920 Smith's Weekly (Sydney) 18 Sept. 17/4 In the old blackbirding days..they played mean tricks on the ignorant islanders. 2004 Townsville (Austral.) Sun (Nexis) 30 June 8 The opportunity to tell the truth about the blackbirding stain on our rich and colourful heritage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1836
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