blackleg English

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What does blackleg mean?

blackleg

— noun (= scab) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

— verb (= fink) take the place of work of someone on strike

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scab

strikebreaker

rat

fink

symptomatic anthrax

swindler

quarter ill

quarter evil

cheat

violator

strike-breaker

sharper

rauschbrand

ratter

leg

knave

jockey

imposture

hoodwinker

fraud

crook

bloody murrain

black quarter

black

bilker

bilk

beguiler