Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
- scalie
- scab
- (halventava)strikebreaker
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Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- (uncountable) Fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacteria Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax
- (countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers. A scab.
- (countable) A person who cheats in a game, a cheater.
- (colloquial) A notorious gambler.
Adjektiivit
- Relating to a scab worker.
Esimerkit
- In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
- I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
- The blackleg workers entered under cover of darkness.
Taivutusmuodot
| Monikko | blacklegs |