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Redbone

A southern slang word that's become popular around the nation.
A light-skinned mixed person (black and white). They also have Native American ancestry, giving their skin and hair reddish undertones. A true redbone is all three ethnicities. A yellow bone is a light skinned mixed person. No Native American blood to give the reddish coloring.

"Thick" is not a redbone characteristic. The mixture of the three races does make it more likely though; that's why you hear about so many thick redbones.

Redbones often inherit the best traits of all three races (good hair, big pretty eyes, and natural womanly curves are all dominant), and are generally, as a "race" unbelieveably good-looking.
beautiful black woman, bet that @!&*% look betta red- lil wayne
Ciara=Redbone. Irish & German, African American, and Native American.
Keyshia Cole=Yellowbone. African American and Italian.
by Inky092 January 22, 2011
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Redbone

mainly a pretty female who is black and usually mixed with another race, hence she is light skinned, light eyes, good hair, thick etc.
"Light-skinned thick chicks, fellas call 'em redbones" - Ciara "Oh"
by Tiffany Renee November 11, 2006
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by waltramagne May 9, 2005
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Redboned

To somehow win against impossible odds.
Enemy has a sword, you have empty pistol.

enemy lunges, you duck, he misses, attacks again, jump over attack, land behind him and kill him with a blow to the back of the head.

"Dude he just "redboned" me hard!"
by Spencer T.B. Nolan April 22, 2008
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Redbone

noun, adj,

Any person who's skin pigment has a slight reddish tint to it. This is mainly due to race mixture of Black People ,Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and Whites.

This is not just a term for woman who has a fat asses nor is it a word about some random chick you want to bang that's at a club, so quoting that Ciara song "Oh''. That's just a line in the song. This word has been around for decades mostly used in the south during the 1960's, mainly Louisiana and Texas.
"My Grandfather was an Indian that's why my skin is so red." "Guess you can call me a Redbone"

examples

Cher
Taylor Lautner (from Twilight)
Mya
Commom
Romeo
Laz Alonzo
Hallie Berry
Beyonce
Alicia Keys
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redboner

Opposite of blue balls. The state of being sexually satisfied.
Stephanie- Joe, did I gust give you blue balls?

Joe- Nah I got a nice redboner.

Stephanie- Oh good I was getting worried.
by El gringo guapo February 11, 2017
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Redbone

Red bone and yellow bone came from Louisiana. When the Spaniards invaded Louisiana, their offspring were red skin, mixed hair types, larger lips, and flatter or smaller noses than either of the Spanish or native American people. Then, after France invaded, crosses between "white" and either Spanish or Native American also were red bone.

Yellow bone were the "white" people crossed with a red bone.

From each, cam what was known as "high yellow bone" or "high red bone". This was a second generation crossed back to a "white" person of color. Several countries were present with skin colors of white, such as France, England, or Nova Scotia people.
That family is definitely redbone, they are too red to be African-American and to brown to be Spanish-American.

Same with yellow bone, to light in color to be African-American, but too dark to be of true native country from which "white" colored people came from.

Used in the deep south until 1980's.
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