Redfella

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the Russian mafia. informal

    "Maybe posted photos on the Internet so everyone would remember the Redfellas were a force to be reckoned with."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Redfella. alt-of

    ""He's known to go a little overboard with the redfellas. To be fair, from what I understand, it's the only way to deal with those guys. The Russian mob got a big head start when they came over here in the seventies. […]"

Example

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"Maybe posted photos on the Internet so everyone would remember the Redfellas were a force to be reckoned with."

Etymology

Blend of Red (“a Communist”) + goodfella.

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