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ˈredbone U.S.
A hound belonging to a variety distinguished by a red or red and tan coat, which was once used to hunt racoons. Also attrib.
1916W. H. Miller in Field & Stream XXI. 177/1 Good Redbone, Pennsylvania or Portsmouth hound stock is what we want up North. 1919― Amer. Hunting Dog iii. 57 Two strains are well known, the Redbone, an ancient breed of Southern coon-hound, and the J. E. Williams dogs. 1948W. Faulkner Intruder in Dust i. 5 A true rabbit dog, some hound, a good deal of hound, maybe mostly hound, redbone and black-and-tan. 1975E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 38, I had a good stock a' dogs—blue tick and redbone mix. |