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redleg

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables
red-leg
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bird, the redshank.

noun

A bird, the turnstone.

noun

A plant in the buckwheat family, the lady's thumb.

noun

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.

Derogatory

Etymology

From red + leg.

Usage

Inflected Forms

redlegs (plural) red-leg (alternative) red leg (alternative)

Questions

What does redleg mean?
A bird, the redshank.
Where does redleg come from?
From red + leg.

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