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boycott
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The Water is Wide
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- A few boycotts of white students soon led to a boycott of black students.†
p. 274.9 *
- A few boycotts of white students soon led to a boycott of black students.†
p. 274.9
- Strike it startin' tomorrow" I issued a warning about the danger of a boycott.†
p. 279.4
- The Yamacraw Island boycott had begun.†
p. 280.1
- The day after the boycott began a man appeared on the island and went from door-to-door delivering a stern message.†
p. 280.2
- It was interesting to note that the children who broke the boycott had parents who worked in the school and whose only income was derived from the school being open.†
p. 280.4
- For on the next day the boycott was total again.†
p. 282.1
- On Friday I called off the boycott completely.†
p. 283.1
- I finally decided that the boycott was more of a prop for my deflated ego than something that was doing the island and my students any good.†
p. 283.3
- Their personal boycott lasted a week longer than anyone else's.†
p. 283.5
- Curiously enough, Edna did not receive her Social Security check for Five months after the boycott.†
p. 283.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(boycott) to refuse to buy things (from someone); or to refuse to participate in an activity (with someone) in order to express disapproval
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)