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  • noun Plural form of redbone.

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Examples

  • In a more primitive time, some of them had been derogatorily called “redbones.”

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • In a more primitive time, some of them had been derogatorily called “redbones.”

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • In a more primitive time, some of them had been derogatorily called “redbones.”

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • In a more primitive time, some of them had been derogatorily called “redbones.”

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • Both the redbones and the blueticks supposedly had been bred to “have the music,” which meant that they would give a different hunting sound for different game.

    How to Speak Dog Stanley Coren 2000

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