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- noun Plural form of
strikebreaker .
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Examples
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In the coal company's mind, the lives of the strikebreakers were as expendable as the miners.
Jeff Biggers: Mother Jones Is Still Calling Out Deadbeat Coal Barons (on Coal Miner's Day) Jeff Biggers 2010
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Alternatively, the employer must be intimidated and decisively discouraged from hiring replacement workers ( "strikebreakers").
LewRockwell.com 2009
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Similarly, in standard histories, violence is carried out only by armies, police, strikebreakers, and racists—not by “the people” for their own good.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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When they were gone, Jane demanded, “Has your father ever hired strikebreakers?”
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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I found out that my own father has hired strikebreakers before.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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I found out that my own father has hired strikebreakers before.
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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“Hiring strikebreakers, hurting people, probably starving them too—”
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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“Did he regret hiring strikebreakers, making his fortune over the top of dead bodies?”
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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When they were gone, Jane demanded, “Has your father ever hired strikebreakers?”
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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“Did he regret hiring strikebreakers, making his fortune over the top of dead bodies?”
Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011
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