单词 | blacklegging |
释义 | blackleggingn. The action or an act of working as a blackleg (blackleg n. 4a). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > labour relations > [noun] > strike > strike-breaking blacklegging1840 strike-breaking1905 scabbing1944 1840 W. M. Thackeray in Heads of People 312 Black-legging is as bad a trade as can be. 1894 G. B. Shaw Let. 20 Mar. (1965) I. 421 As there is no Trade Union of dramatic authors, and I am going into the business, I can only avoid blacklegging by asking you what are the list prices, so to speak, for the work. 1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica x It's a sort of blacklegging to want to have a life of one's own. 1955 Times 19 July 9/6 Should all good trade unionists boycott any blacklegging? 2010 H. Barron 1926 Miners' Lockout ii. 129 Blacklegging was not a straightforward issue of solid, union men versus the weak, stupid, or greedy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1840 |
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