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Blackleg Common

Blackleg has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

2

A person who takes the place of striking workers; a scab.

Verb
1

take the place of work of someone on strike

2

To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
worker work
Rhyming Words
leg bleg cleg gleg fleg oleg hyleg peleg pegleg dogleg hogleg on leg proleg midleg redleg airleg bowleg boyleg hindleg foreleg
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