English Explanatory Dictionary

red-headed Eskimo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A legislative proposal that benefits only a small or nonexistent group.

Word forms

red-headed Eskimo red-headed Eskimos

Etymology

So called because there are few or no red-headed Eskimos.

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