noun
Meaning 1
A bird, the redshank.
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Standard Lemma guide
redleg
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noun
Meaning 2
A bird, the turnstone.
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noun
Meaning 3
A plant in the buckwheat family, the lady's thumb.
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Caribbean, derogatory
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History
Etymology
From red + leg.