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单词 yellowbelly
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yellowbelly

[ yel-oh-bel-ee ]
/ ˈyɛl oʊˌbɛl i /
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noun, plural yel·low·bel·lies.

Slang. a person who is without courage, fortitude, or nerve; coward.

Origin of yellowbelly

First recorded in 1790–1800; yellow + belly

Words nearby yellowbelly

yellow avens, yellowback, yellowbark, yellow-bellied, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellowbelly, yellow bile, yellow-billed cuckoo, yellow-billed magpie, yellow birch, yellowbird
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Example sentences from the Web for yellowbelly

  • Down with the yellowbelly, and teach him that this country ain't no place fer him nor his kind.

    The Blue Dragon|Kirk Munroe

British Dictionary definitions for yellowbelly (1 of 2)

yellow belly

noun

dialect a native of Lincolnshire, esp of the fens

British Dictionary definitions for yellowbelly (2 of 2)

yellow-belly

noun plural -lies

a slang word for coward
Australian another name for callop

Derived forms of yellow-belly

yellow-bellied, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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