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Definitions

Noun

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

lady's thumb

Etymology

From red + leg.

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