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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Red-shanks

A Highlander; so called from a buskin formerly worn by them; it was made of undressed deer's hide, with the red hair outside.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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