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redbones

redbones is the plural of redbone.

Meaning of redbone

Noun

redbone (plural redbones)

  1. (US) A dark-red or tan coonhound.
  2. (Louisiana, US) An African American with light skin with red undertones.
    • Redbones are commonly supposed to represent a fusion of the Indian, Negro, and white races […]1936, LA bulletin: Agricultural Experiment Station of the Louisiana State University & A. & M. College, numbers 268-293, page 13

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Noun capitalized: Redbones

Redbones

  1. (plural) plural of Redbone

Questions about redbones

What is redbones the plural of?
Redbones is the plural of redbone.
What part of speech is redbones?
Redbones is a noun.

Words near redbones in the dictionary

  1. redbird cactus
  2. redbirds
  3. Redblack
  4. Redblacks
  5. redbone
  6. redbones
  7. redbook
  8. redbooks
  9. Redbourn
  10. Redbournberry
  11. redbreast

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