yellow boyn.

Brit.

/ˈjɛləʊ bɔɪ/,

/ˌjɛləʊ ˈbɔɪ/, U.S.

/ˈjɛloʊ ˌbɔɪ/

Forms: see yellow adj. and n. and boy n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., boy n.¹

Etymology: < yellow adj. + boy n.¹, with allusion to the coin's colour.

slang. Now archaic and historical.

A gold coin, esp. a guinea or a sovereign.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > (a) gold coin

golds1478

gold coin1533

ruddock1567

red one1568

goldingc1580

pestle of a portigue1598

gold piece1606

yellowhammera1627

yellow boy1654

spanker1663

ridge1667

gold drop1701

spank1725

glistener1818

money-gold1841

canary1851

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings

goldfinch1602

Harry sovereign1615

piece1631

jingle-boya1640

yellow boy1654

quid1661

marigold1663

broad-piece1678

pound piecea1715

gold penny1736

sovereign1817

dragon1827

sov1829

chip?1836

couter1846

thick 'un1848

monarch1851

James1858

skiv1858

Victoria1870

goblin1887

red one1890

Jimmy1899

quidlet1902

Jimmy O'Goblin1931

pound coin1931

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > guinea or twenty-one shillings

goldfinch1602

piece1631

yellow boy1654

Guinea1666

broad gold1688

meg1688

broad1710

George's guinea1721

yellow1722

canary bird1785

stranger1785

yellow George1785

Geordie1786

spade-guinea1853

George guinea1880

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > guinea or twenty-one shillings > guineas collectively

yellow boy1654

guinea-gold1671

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. ix. 127 The view of an old Wallet, lin'd with yellow Boyes, Turn'd his Asse-Funeralls to gallant joyes.

1664 J. Wilson Cheats i. i. 2 Do they cry Chink in thy Pocket?—How many yellow Boyes (Rogue) How many yellow Boyes?

1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit vi. 11 Yellow-boys to fee Counsel, hire Witnesses, and bribe Juries.

1780 Miss Palmer Female Stability I. 157 I hate the French, and not a single yellow-boy of mine should have gone among them rascals.

1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers I. ii. 112 There's my share of the yellow boys, the booty of the Scudder merchantman.

1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxxvi. 389 A round ten thousand dollars in yellow-boys.

1938 Western Herald (Bourke, New S. Wales) 23 Sept. Anyone who has sovereigns about the place is in clover just now. The banks are paying £2/1/4 for ‘yellow boys’.

1957 A. Bryant in J. B. Booth Palmy Days p. xi He reconstructs a vanished world: the last age of horses and ‘yellow boys’.

2002 C. Hern Bride Sale i. 8 Ain't likely to let her go fer a measly few yellow boys, is 'ee, sur?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yellow boy
释义	yellow boyn. Brit. /ˈjɛləʊ bɔɪ/, /ˌjɛləʊ ˈbɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈjɛloʊ ˌbɔɪ/ Forms: see yellow adj. and n. and boy n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., boy n.¹ Etymology: < yellow adj. + boy n.¹, with allusion to the coin's colour. slang. Now archaic and historical. A gold coin, esp. a guinea or a sovereign. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > (a) gold coin golds1478 gold coin1533 ruddock1567 red one1568 goldingc1580 pestle of a portigue1598 gold piece1606 yellowhammera1627 yellow boy1654 spanker1663 ridge1667 gold drop1701 spank1725 glistener1818 money-gold1841 canary1851 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > coin of twenty shillings goldfinch1602 Harry sovereign1615 piece1631 jingle-boya1640 yellow boy1654 quid1661 marigold1663 broad-piece1678 pound piecea1715 gold penny1736 sovereign1817 dragon1827 sov1829 chip?1836 couter1846 thick 'un1848 monarch1851 James1858 skiv1858 Victoria1870 goblin1887 red one1890 Jimmy1899 quidlet1902 Jimmy O'Goblin1931 pound coin1931 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > guinea or twenty-one shillings goldfinch1602 piece1631 yellow boy1654 Guinea1666 broad gold1688 meg1688 broad1710 George's guinea1721 yellow1722 canary bird1785 stranger1785 yellow George1785 Geordie1786 spade-guinea1853 George guinea1880 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > guinea or twenty-one shillings > guineas collectively yellow boy1654 guinea-gold1671 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. ix. 127 The view of an old Wallet, lin'd with yellow Boyes, Turn'd his Asse-Funeralls to gallant joyes. 1664 J. Wilson Cheats i. i. 2 Do they cry Chink in thy Pocket?—How many yellow Boyes (Rogue) How many yellow Boyes? 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit vi. 11 Yellow-boys to fee Counsel, hire Witnesses, and bribe Juries. 1780 Miss Palmer Female Stability I. 157 I hate the French, and not a single yellow-boy of mine should have gone among them rascals. 1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers I. ii. 112 There's my share of the yellow boys, the booty of the Scudder merchantman. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxxvi. 389 A round ten thousand dollars in yellow-boys. 1938 Western Herald (Bourke, New S. Wales) 23 Sept. Anyone who has sovereigns about the place is in clover just now. The banks are paying £2/1/4 for ‘yellow boys’. 1957 A. Bryant in J. B. Booth Palmy Days p. xi He reconstructs a vanished world: the last age of horses and ‘yellow boys’. 2002 C. Hern Bride Sale i. 8 Ain't likely to let her go fer a measly few yellow boys, is 'ee, sur? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1654
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