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  • noun Plural form of redhead.

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Examples

  • First of all, I am unclear as to why they are called redheads when, for the most part, their hair is bright orange.

    Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea Chelsea Handler 2008

  • Traditional Australian practice was to call redheads 'Bluey'.

    Kick a Jew Day girliejones 2010

  • Harvard dermatologist Madhu Pathak calls redheads "three-time losers" because their red pigment is an inadequate filter of sunlight and their skin is more susceptible to sunburn, skin cancer and wrinkling with age.

    The ginger revolution 2004

  • With its planes painted red the Blue was a reference to an Australian tradition of calling redheads "Bluey."

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Those photos are beautiful, I have never found 'redheads' unattractive, I found I was jealous of the naturally gleaming vibrant shiny hair, and the cute freckles.

    GINGER ellecupcake 2009

  • Then there are the linnets, or "redheads," who sing their sweet, merry tunes all summer, and if they do take a cherry or two the farmer should not grumble.

    Stories of California Ella M. Sexton

  • Deeper water would be needed from October through March for diving ducks, such as redheads and canvasbacks.

    Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News 2010

  • Deeper water would be needed from October through March for diving ducks, such as redheads and canvasbacks.

    The Picayune Item Homepage 2010

  • Deeper water would be needed from October through March for diving ducks, such as redheads and canvasbacks.

    Dallas / Fort Worth news, weather, sports, traffic and video from cbs11tv.com 2010

  • Athens in the fourth century B.C. chose to mint "redheads", silver coins with bronze cores that were quickly exposed once the patina around the coins 'imprinted busts wore off.

    Latest Articles 2009

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