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Wobblies
wob·bly W0198250 (wŏb′lē)adj. wob·bli·er, wob·bli·est Tending to wobble; unsteady.
wob′bli·ness n.
Wob·bly W0198250 (wŏb′lē)n. pl. Wob·blies A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a chiefly US labor organization dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism, active especially in the early 1900s.
[From I Wobbly Wobbly, humorous alteration of I(ndustrial) W(orkers of the) W(orld).]WobbliesA nickname for the IWW.IdiomsSeewobblyWobblies
Wobblies: see Industrial Workers of the WorldIndustrial Workers of the World
(IWW), revolutionary industrial union organized in Chicago in 1905 by delegates from the Western Federation of Mines, which formed the nucleus of the IWW, and 42 other labor organizations.
..... Click the link for more information. .Wobbliesnickname for I.W.W. members. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 400]See: LaborLegalSeeIndustrial Workers of the WorldThesaurusSeeWobbly |