blackleg noun 5verb 1forms 3 noun5 •A person who takes the place of striking workers.It's in the evening after dark when the blackleg miner creeps to work. With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt, there goes the blackleg miner. — 1970 •A fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacterium Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax.“Soon afther, some mischances begun to happen to the farmer's cattle; a horse tuk the staggers, a fine vale calf died o' the black-lig, an' some uv his sheep o' the rid wather[.]” — 1850 •A disease of potato crops caused by pectolytic bacteria, characterized by blackening and decay of the lower stem portion. •A disease of brassicas caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans •A person who cheats in a game; a cheater, especially a dishonest bookmaker.[H]ere, then, was a community of good taste and kind feeling, no sharpers, no black-legs, no wolves in sheep's clothing. — 1836 verb1 •To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.Why was I there, munitioning, blacklegging, slaving as though my bread depended on it? — 1939 formsblacklegged · blacklegging · blacklegs
