blacking
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English
Pronunciation
Verb
blacking
- present participle and gerund of black
Noun
blacking (usually uncountable, plural blackings)
- A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
- Shoe polish.
- A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
- 2013, Graham Stewart, Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s:
- Instead, the unions persisted in believing they could defeat Murdoch through a unified campaign of picket lines, blackings and boycotts.
Translations
preparation used to produce a shiny black coating
shoe polish — see shoe polish
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