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单词 blackleg
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blacklegnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈblæk.leɡ/us/ˈblæk.leɡ/also scab UK disapproving

a person who works while others that they work with are on strike

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Industrial action

  • abstain
  • cooling-off period
  • demarcation dispute
  • direct action
  • down tools idiom
  • lightning strike
  • lock
  • lock sb out
  • lockout
  • pay claim
  • picket
  • picket line
  • strike
  • strike pay
  • strikebreaker
  • sympathy
  • walk
  • walk out
  • walkout
  • wildcat strike

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Examples from literature

  • A kind of blackleg doing the work cheaper—nay, for nothing. 
  • Moreover, though I am carefully informed that he is a blackleg, I find him honest. 

blacklegnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈblækleɡ/us

UK disapproving WORKPLACE an employee who continues to work during a strike (= a period when workers refuse to work because of a disagreement with an employer):

They protested about the use of blackleg labour.
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