blackbirding
Meanings
noun
- The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour.
verb
- present participle and gerund of blackbird
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From blackbird + -ing, perhaps from the putative slang blackbird (“indigenous Pacific islander”).
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