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red leg

red leg is the alternative form of redleg.

Meaning of redleg

Noun

redleg (plural redlegs)

  1. A bird, the redshank.
  2. A bird, the turnstone.
  3. A plant in the buckwheat family, the lady's thumb.
  4. (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.

Forms of red leg

pluralred legs

Questions about red leg

What is red leg the alternative form of?
Red leg is the alternative form of redleg.

Words near red leg in the dictionary

  1. red lanes
  2. red lead
  3. red leaf
  4. red leaves
  5. red Leb
  6. red leg
  7. red legs
  8. Red Leicester
  9. red lemonade
  10. red lemonades
  11. red letter

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