| 单词 | blacknob |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblacknob blacknob n. Scottish (depreciative) (now rare) a blackleg, a strike-breaker; = blackneb n. 3, nob n.4 ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > striking > refusing to strike dung1765 scab1777 knobstick1794 leg1815 rat1824 nob1825 black1826 blackneb1832 blacknob1838 knob1839 snob1839 blackleg1844 snob-stick1860 non-striker1868 ratter1890 strike-breaker1904 1838 Times 16 Jan. 6/3 A man on the opposite side called out ‘Don't give it to him, he is a nob.’ Another beside him said ‘He is a black nob.’ 1874 Scotsman 18 Mar. 5/5 All the men employed by the iron companies were on strike, with the exception of six ‘blacknobs’. 1890 J. S. Farmer Slang I. 218/1 Black-nob, a non-unionist; one who, while his fellows are on strike, persists in working at his trade. 1921 W. R. Browne What's What in Labor Movement 34 An earlier term with the same connotations as ‘blackleg’ is ‘knobstick’,..and these two terms have evidently been combined to produce ‘blacknob’, another not uncommon variant. < as lemmas |
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