单词 | yellow fellow |
释义 | > as lemmasyellow fellow c. Australian (derogatory and offensive). Of mixed Aboriginal and white parentage. Often (and earliest) in yellow fellow (cf. whitefellow n., blackfellow n.). ΚΠ 1898 Clarence & Richmond Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) 15 Mar. 6/1 He was a..yellow-fellow. It was obvious that aboriginal blood predominated in his veins. 1913 W. K. Harris Outback in Austral. 115 Plenty tucker, no yeller-fellers (half-castes). 1964 Meanjin Q. 23 57 Yeller boys can be difficult sometimes. 1975 X. Herbert Poor Fellow my Country 52 Women..of obvious Aboriginal strain, ‘yeller girls’ or ‘creamy pieces’, as they're called, half and quarter. 2010 K. McGinnis Wildhorse Creek 198 His older, blacker brothers had always had it in for the little yella git his mother was so ashamed of. < as lemmas |
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