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red Ned

red Ned noun: cheap or poor-quality red wine.

Noun

red Ned

  1. (Australia, colloquial) Cheap or poor-quality red wine.
    • VERNA: And get him to pick up a flagon o' Red. [She goes toward the bathroom door and turns.] Ya know what they say about the Old Red Ned…puts lead in ya pencil!1977, Gerry Bostock, “Here Comes the Nigger”, in Heiss & Minter, editor, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin, published 2008, page 70

Questions about red Ned

What does red Ned mean?
Red Ned means cheap or poor-quality red wine.
What part of speech is red Ned?
Red Ned is a noun.

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