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What does blackleg mean?

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Adjective
  1. Relating to a scab worker.
Noun
  1. (uncountable) Fatal cattle disease caused by the soil-borne bacteria Clostridium chauvoei; symptomatic anthrax
  2. (countable) A person who takes the place of striking workers. A scab.
  3. (countable) A person who cheats in a game, a cheater.
  4. (colloquial) A notorious gambler.
Verb
  1. To continue working whilst fellow workers strike.
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