From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil - borne bacterium [Clostridium chauvoei] ; symptomatic anthrax . [from 18th c.]
2. [en] A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria , characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion.
3. [en] A person who cheats in a game ; a cheater , especially a dishonest bookmaker . [from 18th c.]
4. * [en]
5. * [passage= [ Y ] our friend Bloundell-Bloundell is a professional BLACKLEG , and travels the Continent, where he picks up young gentlemen of fashion and fleeces them.]
6. * 1852? , _The Sporting Magazine_ (page 185)
7. *: They have no regard for respectability like yours — nothing between a baron and a BLACKLEG .
8. * [chapter=II]
9. [en] [en] A person who takes the place of striking worker s. [from 19th c.]
10. * [chapter=XLIV]
11. * [en]
12. * [en ]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[strikebreaker]
[person who cheats in a game]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[fatal cattle disease]
- Afar: [aa]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Karamojong: [kdj] , [kdj]
- Russian: [ru]
- Walloon: [wa]
[trans-bottom]
**** Further reading
- [blackleg (disease)]
- [blackleg]
- [strikebreaker]
- [Blacklegs]
*** Verb
[++]
1. To continue working whilst fellow worker s strike .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1939 | author=Philip George Chadwick | title=w:The Death Guard | page=154
|passage=Why was I there, munitioning, BLACKLEGGING, slaving as though my
bread depended on it?}}
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