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
- 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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