BLACKLEG

PRONUNCIATION: (BLAK-leg)

MEANING: noun:
1. One who works while other workers are on strike.
2. A swindler, especially in games such as gambling.
3. One of various diseases of plants or cattle.

ETYMOLOGY: It’s unclear how the term came to be employed for a strikebreaker. Earliest documented use: 1722.
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CLACKLEG - playing the spoons on your prosthesis; sounds like castinets

BLANKLEG - a clean cast for your friends to sign

BACKLEG - what a dog marks his territory by raising