blacklegs

Definition of blacklegsnext
plural of blackleg

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Noun
  • The brands teamed up on a collection of activewear as well as the Skims’ first foray into sneakers.
    Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 13 Apr. 2026
  • However, instead of pairing the beachy look with thong sandals or basic white sneakers, Holmes opted for a pair of brown suede Franco Sarto Mary-Jane flats and black accessories for a touch of New York sensibility.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Of all the former rascals, Symoné has enjoyed the longest and most successful career in entertainment.
    Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In the years since 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Penn’s carved out a niche embodying big-talking, attention-grabbing rascals who say inappropriate things, then shrug their way through the consequences.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • City slickers will definitely get a bang for their buck with this place, which is a lot more spacious than a shoebox on the Upper East Side.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
  • During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Wear them to work with a pair of cute loafers and a spring blouse, or dress them down with a tee and your favorite sneaks for a comfy-casual look.
    Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Fields also ran eight QB sneaks in 2025 — a play absent from the Chiefs playbook since Mahomes dislocated his kneecap on a sneak in 2019 — and converted seven of them.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But the word thug as a term for rogues and thieves lived on in English.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Streetwise rogues in the mould of an enigmatic leader… there are certainly parallels between Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid and Tommy Shelby’s Peaky Blinders.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Good afternoon and welcome to Con Con, the convention for swindlers, mountebanks, and the people who love them.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The 21st century’s obstacles for young men—as seen in deaths of despair and lagging employment—have been amply publicized both by credible journalists and by charlatans such as Fuentes.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Keeping the mayor in charge of how this city is run is sort of like letting the fox run the henhouse.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Tumble Leaf' Told in an enchanting stop-motion style, Tumble Leaf is about Fig the fox and his friends, who spend all day playing and learning.
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Blacklegs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklegs. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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