redleg

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Noun

redleg (plural redlegs)

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

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