Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of rejecting or voting against a candidate by the use of black balls.
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- verb Present participle of
blackball .
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Examples
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Showbiz alexhammer Chris Brown kills Twitter account after claim of album 'blackballing' - CNN. com michaeldjjohnson P. Diddy: 'I was worst dealer in history'
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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This bizarre 'blackballing' took an amusing turn this week.
Blackballed. Glyn Davies 2008
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And amid the crossfire of charges and countercharges - Jellison accuses the government of "blackballing" her at independent DNA labs; federal officials acknowledge that many of those labs are under federal contract, and thus have conflicts of interest-the military is standing by its findings.
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Seems to me there is another "blackballing" going on here?
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Seems to me there is another "blackballing" going on here?
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Truth be told I don't think it was helped by the fact that EA are the delivery peeps for Rockband, and with Gamestop / EB's vs EA 'blackballing' (in UK at least) being in force, My local store put Rockband games behind the counter as 'ask for only' by orders of head office and GH3 - until World Tour came out - games and controllers in
GeekLikeMe.net 2009
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Truth be told I don't think it was helped by the fact that EA are the delivery peeps for Rockband, and with Gamestop / EB's vs EA 'blackballing' (in UK at least) being in force, My local store put Rockband games behind the counter as 'ask for only' by orders of head office and GH3 - until World Tour came out - games and controllers in
GeekLikeMe.net 2009
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Brown accused record stores of 'blackballing' his latest album
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Truth be told I don't think it was helped by the fact that EA are the delivery peeps for Rockband, and with Gamestop / EB's vs EA 'blackballing' (in UK at least) being in force, My local store put Rockband games behind the counter as 'ask for only' by orders of head office and GH3 - until World Tour came out - games and controllers in
GeekLikeMe.net 2009
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Truth be told I don't think it was helped by the fact that EA are the delivery peeps for Rockband, and with Gamestop / EB's vs EA 'blackballing' (in UK at least) being in force, My local store put Rockband games behind the counter as 'ask for only' by orders of head office and GH3 - until World Tour came out - games and controllers in
GeekLikeMe.net 2009
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