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brass ankle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person whose racial heritage is regarded as primarily white, but with a small degree of known or suspected non-white ancestry. A manifestation of the American “one-drop rule” of racial categorization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Southern-US

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