redleg

English

noun
Definitions
  • A bird, the redshank.
  • A bird, the turnstone.
  • A plant in the buckwheat family, lady's thumb.
  • (Caribbean) A member of a class of poor white people, originally from Ireland, Scotland and the west of England, now living on Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands.

Etymology

Compound from English red (having red as its colour) + English leg (verb, noun, single game match played in a tournament).

Origin

English

leg

Gloss

verb, noun, single game match played in a tournament

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