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Synonyymit

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Blackleg näyttäisi olevan yhdyssana. Kokeile hakea yhdyssanan osia erikseen:

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. (uncountable, agriculture, veterinary medicine) A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.
  2. (uncountable) A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria, characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion.
  3. (uncountable) A disease of brassicas caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans
  4. (countable) A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.
  5. (countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers.

Verbit

  1. To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.

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

Monikkoblacklegs

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