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WIKTIONARY
blackball
Noun
  • ∙ A rejection, a vote against admitting someone.
  • ∙ A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote.
  • ∙ the act of so rejecting someone.
  • ∙ A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball.
  • ∙ A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work.
Verb
  • ∙ To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization. transitive
  • ∙ To ostracize. transitive