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blackbirded

blackbirded is the simple past and past participle of blackbird.

Meaning of blackbird

Verb

blackbird (third-person singular simple present blackbirds, present participle blackbirding, simple past and past participle blackbirded)

  1. To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
    • “At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.”2000, Kate Fortune, Brij V. Lal, The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia – Volume 1, University of Hawaiʻi, →ISBN, page 208

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Questions about blackbirded

What is blackbirded the simple past and past participle of?
Blackbirded is the simple past and past participle of blackbird.

Words near blackbirded in the dictionary

  1. blackberrytini
  2. blackberrytinis
  3. blackbine
  4. blackbird
  5. Blackbird Leys
  6. blackbirded
  7. blackbirder
  8. blackbirders
  9. blackbirding
  10. blackbirdlike
  11. blackbirds

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