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redbone1
plural redbones
- USA dark-red or tan coonhound.
- LouisianaUSAn 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 132 more examples
The store attracted countless colorful characters, including Native Americans, wild-cowboy Texans, Chinese laborers, and “redbones,” the offspring of African Americans and Native Americans.
2009, Janet Allured, Judith F. Gentry, Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times, page 122I can joke about being a redbone, and I am that. But most folks don't make no distinction between a redbone and a colored man, unless it's to their benefit.
2012, Gerald Duff, Dirty Rice: A Season in the Evangeline League, page 238
Redbone2
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Finnish punainenpesukarhukoira
- punainenpesukarhukoiradog breed
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redbone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redbone
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