redleg

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noun

A bird, the redshank.

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Meanings

nounredleg (plural redlegs)

plural redlegs · alternative red-leg · alternative red leg

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lady's thumb

Origin

From red + leg.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ledgergelder
Cite this entry
APA

redleg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redleg

MLA

“redleg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redleg. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “redleg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/redleg.

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