yellowbelly
See also: yellow belly
English
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Etymology
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[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈjɛləʊbɛli/
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Noun
[edit]yellowbelly (plural yellowbellies)
- (informal) A coward.
- (UK, slang) Someone from Lincolnshire.
- (Ireland, slang) Someone from Wexford.
- (Australia) The golden perch, Macquaria ambigua.
- 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:
- The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.
- 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:
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[edit]a coward
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