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noun

Blackleg n.

A notorious gambler. (Colloq.)

A disease among calves and sheep, characterized by a settling of gelatinous matter in the legs, and sometimes in the neck. (Eng.)

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Etymology of 'Blackleg'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Blackleg" Quotes from Famous Books

... doing all right. One heifer, she got blackleg and die, but the rest they're all right. John, he couldn't find all; two or three, they're gone. He says mebby them rustlers got 'em. He looked good ...

— The Ranch at the Wolverine • B. M. Bower

... trust their horses to him, and pay him for mounting them; he will spunge upon all his acquaintance till he is turned out of their houses; he will be a hanger on at the Curragh and all race-courses; he will finally become a blackleg and swindler; and will die in the Marshalsea, if he does not, as he most probably will, break his neck by a fall from the saddle; for, to the last, George will preserve his pluck—the only quality on which ...

— The Macdermots of Ballycloran • Anthony Trollope

... disappointed tone, and fearing he was going to be robbed. "Not when Mortlake was already jealous of Mr. Constant, who was a sort of rival organizer, unpaid! A kind of blackleg doing ...

— The Big Bow Mystery • I. Zangwill

Words linked to "Blackleg" : strikebreaker, rat, scab, worker, work