redleg
redleg · redlegs
A bird, the redshankA bird, the redshank.
Meaning
4 sensesA bird, the redshank.
A bird, the turnstone.
A plant in the buckwheat family, the lady's thumb.
(Caribbean, derogatory)A member of a class of impoverished white people, originally from Ireland, Scotland and the west of England, now living on Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands.
Origin
From red + leg.From red + leg.
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