redleg

See also: red-leg

English

Alternative forms

• red-leg, red leg

Etymology

From red +‎ leg.

Noun

redleg (plural redlegs)

1. A bird, the redshank.
2. A bird, the turnstone.
3. A plant in the buckwheat family, the lady's thumb.
4. (Caribbean, derogatory) 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.

References

• “redleg”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ledger, gelder, ledger