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redskin [ˈrɛdˌskɪn] n
(Linguistics / Languages) (Social Science / Peoples) an informal name, now considered offensive, for an American Indian [so called because one particular tribe, the now extinct Beothuks of Newfoundland, painted themselves with red ochre] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations redskin [ˈrɛdskɪn] n (offensive) → Peau-Rouge mf Red Square n (in Moscow) → place f Rouge red squirrel n → écureuil m roux red tape n → bureaucratie f tatillonne, paperasserie f red-top [ˈrɛdtɒp] n (British) (= tabloid newspaper) → tabloïd m redskin [ˈrɛdˌskɪn] n (offensive) → pellerossa m/f redskin [ˈrɛdˌskɪn] n (offensive) → pellerossa m/f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If you had seen him, as I did, the morning we beat Dieskau, from behind our log walls, you would have called him as comely a redskin as ye ever set eyes on. your Delawares were the redskins of which America might boast; but few and scattered is that mighty people, now And they didn't know how to work, and of course it would not do for the Democratic workers, the noble redskins of the War Whoop League, to support the Republican openly. |
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