blacking

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of black

noun

  1. A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating.
  2. Shoe polish.
  3. A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
    Instead, the unions persisted in believing they could defeat Murdoch through a unified campaign of picket lines, blackings and boycotts. 2013, Graham Stewart, Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s

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