"brass ankle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brass ankles [plural]
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  1. (Southern US) A person whose racial heritage is regarded as primarily white, but with a small degree of known or suspected non-white ancestry. A manifestation of the American “one-drop rule” of racial categorization. Tags: Southern-US Categories (topical): People Related terms: Melungeon, Mestee, Métis, mixed-race, multiheritage, touch of the tar brush

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