red-headed Eskimo

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

red-headed Eskimo (plural red-headed Eskimos)

  1. (US, rare, colloquial) A legislative proposal that benefits only a small or non-existent group.