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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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BLACKNEB, v. To act as a blackleg in a labour dispute, to undersell one's labour.Lnk. 1885 J. Hamilton Poems 56:
The shooster lasses . . . sood hae the shopman's wark, An blackneb on the workin' men.
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