yellow pages
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of yellow pages
First recorded in 1950–55
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Facebook didn’t buy yellow pages or local newspapers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
In the 1960s, he started to dine at Chinese restaurants listed on the local yellow pages.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2021
It was tied into the advertising it was doing in the yellow pages.
From The Verge • Jun. 8, 2021
Later a hand is seen caressing weathered and yellow pages with a star symbol.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2017
Every few days Mrs. Sen would open up the yellow pages, dial a number that she had ticked in the margin, and ask if there was any whole fish available.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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