

Jul 14, 2015 This week’s theme

Words to describe people



This week’s words

longhair

blackleg

double-dome

white-livered

dittohead

Words to describe people A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



blackleg PRONUNCIATION: (BLAK-leg)

MEANING: noun:

1. One who works while other workers are on strike.

2. A swindler, especially in games such as gambling.

3. One of various diseases of plants or cattle.

ETYMOLOGY: It’s unclear how the term came to be employed for a strikebreaker. Earliest documented use: 1722.

USAGE:

Two Guilty Parties as U-21 Final Row Rages; Irish Examiner (Cork, Ireland); May 5, 2015.



See more usage examples of “Derek McGrath never crossed any picket line but he was regarded as a blackleg nonetheless.”Two Guilty Parties as U-21 Final Row Rages;(Cork, Ireland); May 5, 2015.See more usage examples of blackleg in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Literature encourages tolerance -- bigots and fanatics seldom have any use for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions that they can't see them also as possibilities. -Northrop Frye, writer and critic (14 Jul 1912-1991)





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