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full-blood

full-blood noun: a pure-bred animal.

Noun

full-blood (plural full-bloods)

  1. A pure-bred animal.
  2. (Australia, offensive) An Aboriginal person of unmixed ancestry.
    • There are only 800 full-bloods now in New South Wales due to the maladministration of previous governments.1941, Pearl Gibbs, radio broadcast, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 38
    • Dorahy has his mouth ready to smile […] but it is a young woman who appears, a full-blood with crisp hair and a deeply pigmented skin.1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics, published 2018, page 104

Forms of full-blood

pluralfull-bloods

Questions about full-blood

What does full-blood mean?
Full-blood means a pure-bred animal.
What part of speech is full-blood?
Full-blood is a noun.
What is the plural of full-blood?
The plural of full-blood is full-bloods.

Words near full-blood in the dictionary

  1. full-back
  2. full-backs
  3. full-beam
  4. full-beams
  5. full-bearded
  6. full-blood
  7. full-blooded
  8. full-bloods
  9. full-blown
  10. full-bodied
  11. full-bodied money

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