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Synonyms for blackball


Grammar : Verb
Spell : blak-bawl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblækˌbɔl



Définition of blackball

Origin :
  • also black-ball, "to exclude from a club by adverse votes," 1770, from black (adj.) + ball (n.1). Black balls of wood or ivory dropped into an urn during secret ballots.
  • verb expel from group
Example sentences :
  • Hand them around; blackball them; sound the alarm of mad dog.
  • Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
  • How had he, a useless old fogy, dared to blackball a man like Iver?
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • Beaten by a blackball called Carlton—I'd hate to see him now.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Dakota Divorcee » by Jane Burr
  • Snooks does not any more think it gentlemanlike to blackball attorneys.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • They let a victim go there until they get all and then they blackball him.
  • Extract from : « The Vice Bondage of a Great City or the Wickedest City in the World » by Robert O. Harland
  • If a ballot should be demanded the members will all vote, and one blackball will exclude.
  • Extract from : « The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
  • She sees herself on the eve of becoming the acquaintance of Captain Blackball.
  • Extract from : « The Newcomes » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • The committee will blackball the best fellow that ever lived if I don't go and stop them.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels » by Wilkie Collins
  • So they go back to their clubs and their cards, and their billiards, and abuse their cooks and blackball their friends.
  • Extract from : « The Last Chronicle of Barset » by Anthony Trollope
  • Tack Turner, one of the crowd, was the first to blackball, but after him the voting again was favorable.
  • Extract from : « Deering of Deal » by Latta Griswold

Antonyms for blackball

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