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Red lead
noun, slang
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Noun
- 1 A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb₃O₄, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics. uncountable
- 2 a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics wordnet
- 3 Tomato ketchup. dated, slang, uncountable
"Saturday/Wednesday morning breakfast beans were accompanied by corn bread and bowls of "red lead" [catsup for you landlubbers]."
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