Definition of "redbone" [redbone]

• A dark-red or tan coonhound (noun)
• An African American with relatively light skin; the skin color thereof (noun)

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• "Mr. NATHAN McCALL ( "Makes Me Wanna Holler"): A redbone is a light-skinned black woman."
• "Most of her bright hair was under a print fitted cap that framed her pretty china-doll-looking redbone face."
• "Captain Jamie Hough, a Charleston, S.C. fishing guide and hunter, worked with his dog, a redbone-treeing walker mix, from the day he brought it home."