| 释义 |
red dog
noun
1. [so called from the red ink endorsement] : unreliable paper money issued by wildcat banks in the United States prior to the establishment of the national banking system
2. [so called from the fact that such flour was once packed in bags with a red dog on the front] : the lowest grade of flour; specifically : a dark flour containing aleurone, little wheat flour, and bran particles obtained as a by-product of flour milling and used as an animal feed
3. : a card game in which each player contributes to a pool and then in turn bets that he holds in his hand a card of the same suit and of higher rank than the top card of the stock — called also high-card pool
4. : dhole
5. : reddish ashes derived from burning piles of rejected coal and used especially for paving in mine areas
6. : a rush by the linebackers on the passer in football |