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Noun

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full-blood (plural full-bloods)

  1. A pure-bred animal. [from 18th c.]
  2. (Australia, now offensive) An Aboriginal person of unmixed ancestry. [from 19th c.]
    • 1941, Pearl Gibbs, radio broadcast, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 38:
      There are only 800 full-bloods now in New South Wales due to the maladministration of previous governments.
    • 1974, Thea Astley, A Kindness Cup, Text Classics, published 2018, page 104:
      Dorahy has his mouth ready to smile […] but it is a young woman who appears, a full-blood with crisp hair and a deeply pigmented skin.

Descendants

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  • German: Vollblut (calque)