blackleg

  • 21blackleg — 1) An employee who refuses to join a trade union. 2) An employee who refuses to stop work when the rest of his co unionists have declared a strike …

    Accounting dictionary

  • 22blackleg — 1) An employee who refuses to join a trade union. 2) An employee who refuses to strike when an official strike has been declared …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 23blackleg — black•leg [[t]ˈblækˌlɛg[/t]] n. 1) vet an infectious, often fatal disease of cattle and sheep caused by the soil bacterium Clostridium chauvoei and characterized by darkened and swollen upper legs 2) ppa a) a disease of cabbage and other… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24blackleg — /ˈblæklɛg / (say blakleg) noun 1. → scab (def. 4). 2. a swindler, especially in racing or gambling. 3. Veterinary Science an infectious, generally fatal disease of cattle and sheep characterised by painful, gaseous swellings in the muscles,… …

  • 25blackleg — / blækleg/ noun an employee who continues working when there is a strike …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 26blackleg — A person who makes his living by frequenting race courses and places where games of chance are played, getting the best odds, and giving the least he can, but not necessarily cheating …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 27blackleg — A person who makes his living by frequenting race courses and places where games of chance are played, getting the best odds, and giving the least he can, but not necessarily cheating …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 28blackleg — A disease of cattle; a term of opprobrium applied to a dishonest gambler, a strikebreaker, and sometimes to any man who is untrustworthy. United Mine Workers v Cromer, 159 Ky 605, 608, 167 SW 891 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 29black leg — blackleg …

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  • 30Seaton Delaval — Coordinates: 55°04′57″N 1°28′40″W / 55.0826°N 1.4778°W / 55.0826; 1.4778 …

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