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blacklegged

blacklegged is the simple past and past participle of blackleg.

Meaning of blackleg

Verb

blackleg (third-person singular simple present blacklegs, present participle blacklegging, simple past and past participle blacklegged)

  1. To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.
    • Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it?1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 154

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Questions about blacklegged

What is blacklegged the simple past and past participle of?
Blacklegged is the simple past and past participle of blackleg.

Words near blacklegged in the dictionary

  1. blackleading
  2. blackleads
  3. Blackledge
  4. Blackledges
  5. blackleg
  6. blacklegged
  7. blacklegger
  8. blackleggers
  9. blackleggery
  10. blacklegging
  11. blackleggism

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