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blackball

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Noun

  1. A rejection; a vote against admitting someone.
  2. A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
  3. A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper.
  4. A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
  5. A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball.

Verb

  1. To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization.
  2. To ostracize.

Proper noun

  1. A small town in Grey district, West Coast, New Zealand, with a history of gold and coal mining.

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