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present participle and gerund of black examples
usually uncountable, plural blackings
A preparation, containing lampblack, used to produce a shiny black coating. examples
Shoe polish. examples
A boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute. quotations examples
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