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English Wikipedia has an article on:redboneWikipedia

Etymology

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From red +‎ bone.

Pronunciation

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• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛd.boʊn/

Noun

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redbone (plural redbones)

1. (US) A dark-red or tan coonhound.
2. (US, Louisiana) An African American with light skin with red undertones.
   • 1936, LA bulletin: Agricultural Experiment Station of the Louisiana State University & A. & M. College, numbers 268-293, page 13:Redbones are commonly supposed to represent a fusion of the Indian, Negro, and white races […]
   • 2009, Janet Allured, Judith F. Gentry, Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times, page 122:The store attracted countless colorful characters, including Native Americans, wild-cowboy Texans, Chinese laborers, and “redbones,” the offspring of African Americans and Native Americans.
   • 2012, Gerald Duff, Dirty Rice: A Season in the Evangeline League, page 238:I can joke about being a redbone, and I am that. But most folks don't make no distinction between a redbone and a colored man, unless it's to their benefit.

Translations

[edit] dog breed

Finnish: punainenpesukarhukoira

See also

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• high yellow
• yellow bone

Anagrams

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• deboner, enrobed

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