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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blackball \Black"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blackballed}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Blackballing}.]
     1. To vote against, by putting a black ball into a ballot
        box; to reject or exclude, as by voting against with black
        balls; to ostracize.
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              He was blackballed at two clubs in succession.
                                                    --Thackeray.
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     2. To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking.
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