Definitions

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  • noun One who blackballs, or casts a vote rejecting somebody.

Etymologies

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blackball +‎ -er

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Examples

  • The Argus-eyed surveyors of club-life noticed that the only people to whom he seemed to talk freely and cheerfully were the youngest members; and he was notoriously good-natured in helping young fellows who wished to join his clubs, and did his utmost to stay the hand of the blackballer.

    Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • If you lined up ten of us [black ballplayers], I’ll bet [Feller] couldn’t pick me out of the bunch, a still-angry Robinson told Jimmy Cannon in the fall of ’45, a sentiment later echoed by blackballer and ’46 tour veteran Gene Benson.48 Cannon would soon become an outspoken Feller critic.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Old-time blackballer Plunk Drake, a veteran of Wilkinson’s All-Nations squad, taught Satch the Hesitation move.48 Paige got so adept at the Hiccup, one fan remembered, that sandlot hitters sometimes swung before Satch released the ball.49

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • If you lined up ten of us [black ballplayers], I’ll bet [Feller] couldn’t pick me out of the bunch, a still-angry Robinson told Jimmy Cannon in the fall of ’45, a sentiment later echoed by blackballer and ’46 tour veteran Gene Benson.48 Cannon would soon become an outspoken Feller critic.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Old-time blackballer Plunk Drake, a veteran of Wilkinson’s All-Nations squad, taught Satch the Hesitation move.48 Paige got so adept at the Hiccup, one fan remembered, that sandlot hitters sometimes swung before Satch released the ball.49

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Old-time blackballer Plunk Drake, a veteran of Wilkinson’s All-Nations squad, taught Satch the Hesitation move.48 Paige got so adept at the Hiccup, one fan remembered, that sandlot hitters sometimes swung before Satch released the ball.49

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • If you lined up ten of us [black ballplayers], I’ll bet [Feller] couldn’t pick me out of the bunch, a still-angry Robinson told Jimmy Cannon in the fall of ’45, a sentiment later echoed by blackballer and ’46 tour veteran Gene Benson.48 Cannon would soon become an outspoken Feller critic.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • Old-time blackballer Plunk Drake, a veteran of Wilkinson’s All-Nations squad, taught Satch the Hesitation move.48 Paige got so adept at the Hiccup, one fan remembered, that sandlot hitters sometimes swung before Satch released the ball.49

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

  • If you lined up ten of us [black ballplayers], I’ll bet [Feller] couldn’t pick me out of the bunch, a still-angry Robinson told Jimmy Cannon in the fall of ’45, a sentiment later echoed by blackballer and ’46 tour veteran Gene Benson.48 Cannon would soon become an outspoken Feller critic.

    Satch, Dizzy & Rapid Robert Timothy M. Gay 2010

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