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blackleggery

blackleggery noun: strikebreaking.

Noun

blackleggery (uncountable)

  1. strikebreaking

Origin of blackleggery

From blackleg + -ery.

Questions about blackleggery

What does blackleggery mean?
Blackleggery means strikebreaking.
What part of speech is blackleggery?
Blackleggery is a noun.

Words near blackleggery in the dictionary

  1. Blackledges
  2. blackleg
  3. blacklegged
  4. blacklegger
  5. blackleggers
  6. blackleggery
  7. blacklegging
  8. blackleggism
  9. blacklegism
  10. blacklegs
  11. blackless

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