blackbirding
The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labourThe practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
Meaning
1 senses(Australia, New Zealand, UK, uncountable)The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
Origin
From blackbird + -ing, perhaps from the putative slang blackbird (“indigenous Pacific islaFrom blackbird + -ing, perhaps from the putative slang blackbird (“indigenous Pacific islander”).
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedblackbirder
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable