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Definition of Strikebreakers
1. strikebreaker [n] - See also: strikebreaker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strikebreakers
Literary usage of Strikebreakers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of Provisional Administration from October 13th, 1906 to December 1st by Charles Edward Magoon (1908)
"On the arrival of the boats in which the alleged strikebreakers were shipped,
the Chief of the Immigration Service examined the passenger list, ..."
2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1914)
"It knew, as the jury could infer, that a strike was going on; that strikebreakers
had been employed; that there was a bitterness of feeling between the ..."
3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1914)
"It knew, as the jury could infer, that a strike was going on; that strikebreakers
had been employed; that there was a bitterness of feeling between the ..."
4. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"About this time some 200 of the strikebreakers revolted, refusing to ...
Six hundred strikebreakers were brought in, but left the city after a single day. ..."
5. The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1877-1945 by Clayton D. Laurie, Ronald H. Cole (1997)
"As soon as striking workers left their jobs the company replaced them with
strikebreakers, many of whom were armed. Their employment caused a violent ..."
6. Report on the Colorado Strike by George P. West (1915)
"The wisdom of prohibiting the importation of strikebreakers as a means of ...
The record shows that strikebreakers were imported in carload lots under the ..."
7. Report on the Colorado Strike by George P. West (1915)
"The wisdom of prohibiting the importation of strikebreakers as a means of ...
The record shows that strikebreakers were imported in carload lots under the ..."
8. What's what in the Labor Movement: A Dictionary of Labor Affairs and Labor by Waldo Ralph Browne (1921)
"Volunteer strikebreakers are in nearly all cases persons who are ... But the
great majority of strikebreakers are of the professional type mentioned above. ..."
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