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English
Etymology
From red + leg.
Noun
redleg (plural redlegs)
- A bird, the redshank.
- A bird, the turnstone.
- A plant in the buckwheat family, lady's thumb.
- (Caribbean, derogatory) 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 islands.
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