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blackballed |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blackball \Black"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackballed}; p. pr & vb n. {Blackballing}.] 1. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black balls; to ostracize. He was blackballed at two clubs in succession. --Thackeray. 2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
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