red-headed Eskimo

English

Etymology

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

Noun

red-headed Eskimo (plural red-headed Eskimos)

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