Believe it originated from an episode when the local people were unhappy with their treatment by Captain Boycott, the local landlord. They decided to ostracise him.
I believe he cracked under the strain and left his estate to become an absentee landlord.
Does anybody have any meaningful details or is the story just fictional?
2006-11-20 08:53:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
From Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, an English evicting land agent in Ireland who was subject to a boycott organized by the Irish Land League in 1880
check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boycott
2006-11-20 08:58:32 · answer #1 · answered by y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Origin Of The Word Boycott
2016-10-19 05:47:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
believe it originated in Ireland.
2006-11-20 08:57:34 · answer #3 · answered by David B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋