redleg
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redleg
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From red + leg.
noun redlegs · red-leg · red leg
- A bird, the redshank.
- A bird, the turnstone.
- A plant in the buckwheat family, the lady's thumb.
- A 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.
Talk about this word "redleg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/redleg. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. redleg. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/redleg "redleg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/redleg.
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@misc{redleg_2026,
title = {redleg},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/redleg},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
