Meaning blackball
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blackballalso black-ball, "to exclude from a club by adverse votes," 1770, from black (adj.) + ball (n.1). Black balls of wood or ivory dropped into an urn during secret ballots.
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blackball(v) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent(v) expel from a community or group(n) the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
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