red Ned

noun

Cheap or poor-quality red wine.

First used 20th c.
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Meanings

noun
  1. AustraliacolloquialCheap or poor-quality red wine.First known use 20th c.

    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
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APA

red Ned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20Ned

MLA

“red Ned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20Ned. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red Ned,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20Ned.

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