noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a wildcat strike (= without any warning )
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Legislation to curb wildcat strikes will be introduced during the coming parliamentary session.
wildcat strike
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
strike
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The closed shop and the wildcat strike have undermined the legitimacy of modern trade unionism.
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Those sacked for wildcat strikes would lose their right to appeal against unfair dismissal to an industrial tribunal.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A third of wildcat populations had declined in recent years, and only 8 percent were increasing.
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I left in the middle of the big wildcat of 1976, and I suppose it was a cowardly thing to do.
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In a way, the wildcats were beginning to work.
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Interbreeding with feral cats is probably the biggest threat to the wildcat .
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Then I changed my mind, and I began to hate the wildcats.
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Tiny though she was compared with her assailant, she fought like a wildcat .