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redleg
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Word definitions for redleg in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Redleg is a term used to refer to poor whites that live on Barbados , St. Vincent , Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands. Their forebears came from Ireland , Scotland and the West of England .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n. (Zo["o]l.) A common Old World limicoline bird ( Totanus calidris ), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank ( Totanus fuscus ) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks , redleg , and ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A bird, the redshank. 2 A bird, the turnstone. 3 (cx Caribbean derogatory English) A member of a class of poor white people, originally from Ireland, Scotland and the west of England, now living on Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean ...
Usage examples of redleg.
He was on the downside of a career that saw him playing for the Phillies and then the Redlegs for a few years.
Not until the redlegs who had razed his place and killed his wife were dead could he ever really rest.
The redlegs were trotting along easily, none of them expecting trouble from a lone man atop a single bay horse.