Redlegs
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8.8
- proper noun
- Archaic
- The Redlegs outran the Cubs last night, 7-3, at home, which, of course, made me feel sad and lonely.
Examples
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He died a proud member of Senator Jim Lane's Redlegs... ...fighting for the just cause!
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Redlegs?
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Captain Redlegs... ...I advise you to turn back.
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Why don't you stay here, Redlegs?
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In terms of degrading team names, there has never been a Cincinnati Irish Redlegs.
Blog text (32) -
Captain Redlegs Terrill and five men against Josey Wales?
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He was on the downside of a career that saw him playing for the Phillies and then the Redlegs for a few years.
Fiction book (2000) -
Ten years I've been ferrying Kansas Redlegs... ...Union Cavalry, Missouri guerrillas... ...you name it!
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My Redlegs have been my team ever since I was a little boy sitting on the front porch of my grandfather's house and listening to tales about watching a young Pete Rose go headfirst into a base and Johnny Bench shooting down runners attempting to steal at Crosley Field.
Blog text (27) -
During the 1950s, the Cincinnati Redlegs played a pivotal role in Major League Baseball.
Synonyms
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2.5
A professional baseball team that plays and travels together
4
3.0
A team that plays baseball or softball
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2.0
A team of professional baseball players who play and travel together for competitions
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Redlegs was used by the Cincinnati baseball team in the 1950s to avoid a political link to Reds, because people then feared communism. A helpful way to remember it is that the name literally shows red and legs, meaning 'red legs' like the team's red socks, so the name stayed about the uniform rather than politics.