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Wobbly en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɒb(ə)li/ (UK)

Etymology

Unknown

Meanings

1. A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union.
   • The gray man didn’t think I had any right to the card I had showed him, nor to the other one I had mentioned. He didn’t think I was a good wobbly. As chief muckademuck of the I. W. W. in Personville, he considered it his duty to get the low-down on me, and to not let himself be pumped about radical affairs while he was doing it. 1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 1, in Red Harvest:
   • I drew myself up taller. I gave a beautiful account of my career with the Wobblies. 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 318:

Forms

Relateds

IWW

Synonyms

Wob