To record an adverse vote against (a candidate) for membership of a club or other society by placing a black ball in the ballot box; to exclude (a person) from a club, etc., as the result of such a ballot.
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When my oldest son tried out for hockey um he tried out in North-Bay and he got cut and he was a goalie so somebody from Ferris called hearing that he had got cut and wanted him to play in Ferris and at the time we kind-of said "Well, no because you'll be black-balled" (laughs) th-- yeah. Interviewer: What's that? Speaker: Well like black-balled, you'd be kind-of okay looked down upon and if they ever tried to get back into the North-Bay system they might not let you because you were kind-of a turn-coat and went to Ferris and that was a big issue back then. |
To record an adverse vote against (a candidate) for membership of a club or other society by placing a black ball in the ballot box; to exclude (a person) from a club, etc., as the result of such a ballot. |
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Speaker: And they were a big name fam-- like, there was the certain names in the area. Londons were- 'cause they've been here for years and years, they owned different businesses and-stuff. And then they didn't help one of their own when they needed help because that one had been black-balled for some reason when they were younger. But there was the big names back when I was a kid. |
To record an adverse vote against (a candidate) for membership of a club or other society by placing a black ball in the ballot box; to exclude (a person) from a club, etc., as the result of such a ballot. |
