blackleg (redirected from blacklegged)

black·leg  (blklg)

n.

1. An infectious, usually fatal bacterial disease of cattle and sometimes of sheep, goats, and swine, caused by Clostridium chauvoe and characterized by gas-containing swellings in the musculature.

2. A bacterial or fungal disease of certain plants, such as the cabbage and potato, that causes the stems to turn black at the soil line.

3. One who cheats at cards; a cardsharp.

4. Chiefly British A worker who is opposed to trade unions; a scab.

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blackleg

Noun

Brit

a person who continues to work or does another's job during a strike

Verb

[-legging, -legged]

to refuse to join a strike

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blackleg - someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike scab, strikebreaker, rat worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
Verb	1.	blackleg - take the place of work of someone on strike fink, scab, rat do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"

Translations

blackleg [ˈblæklɛg] n (BRIT) → esquirol m/f

blackleg [ˈblæklɛg] n (Brit) → briseur m de grève, jaune m

blackleg [ˈblæklɛg] (Brit) n → Streikbrecher(in) m(f)

blackleg [ˈblæklɛg] n (BRIT) → crumiro