red lead

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Noun

red lead (uncountable)

  1. A bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb3O4, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics.
    Synonyms: lead tetroxide, minium
    Coordinate term: white lead
  2. (military slang, dated) Tomato ketchup.
    • 2003, The Four Stack APDs: The Famed Green Dragons, page 54:
      Saturday/Wednesday morning breakfast beans were accompanied by corn bread and bowls of "red lead" [catsup for you landlubbers].

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