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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
blacking en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈblækɪŋ/
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
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(uncountable, usually) Shoe polish.
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(uncountable, usually) A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
Instead, the unions persisted in believing they could defeat Murdoch through a unified campaign of picket lines, blackings and boycotts.
2013, Graham Stewart, Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s:
Forms
blacking en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈblækɪŋ/
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of black