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sionnach commented on the word captain boycott
Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott (March 12, 1832 — June 19, 1897) was a British land agent whose ostracism by his local community in Ireland as part of a campaign for workers' rights in 1880 gave the English language the verb to boycott, meaning "to ostracise".
April 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word captain boycott
See boicottare.
April 19, 2008