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full-bloods

full-bloods is the plural of full-blood.

Meaning of full-blood

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

Questions about full-bloods

What is full-bloods the plural of?
Full-bloods is the plural of full-blood.

Words near full-bloods in the dictionary

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

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