blackbirding

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. Australia,New-Zealand,UK,uncountable
    — Burns Philp was to incur public odium in the most notorious case in Queensland concerning blackbirding.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of blackbird form-of,gerund,participle,present

词源

词源 1
From blackbird + -ing, perhaps from the putative slang blackbird (“indigenous Pacific islander”).
词源 2
From blackbird + -ing, perhaps from the putative slang blackbird (“indigenous Pacific islander”).
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