blackleg

Значение (Английский)

Noun

1. A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.
2. A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria, characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion.
3. A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.
4. A person who takes the place of striking workers; a scab.

Verb

To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.

Синонимы

scab

strikebreaker

rat

🐀

fink

quarter ill

symptomatic anthrax

cheat

swindler

quarter evil

knave

leg

🦵

ratter

sharper

violator

strike-breaker

rauschbrand

bloody murrain

beguiler

black quarter

bilk

bilker

black

crook

fraud

hoodwinker

imposture

jockey

Этимология (Английский)

From black + leg.