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yellow jacket
noun
- any of several paper wasps of the family Vespidae, having black and bright yellow bands.
- Slang. a yellow capsule of phenobarbital.
yellow jacket
noun
- any of several social wasps of the genus Vespa, having yellow markings on the body
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yellow jacket1
An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800
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Example Sentences
She herself is wearing a yellow jacket at The Plaza, her dark hair uncovered.
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Dora got a yellow jacket, and Nellie a baker's cap, while Grace skipped around wearing a poke hat over a foot high.
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Never had so young a man had so responsible a place at the Yellow Jacket.
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That was the beginning of the real fame of the Yellow Jacket.
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From the Yellow Jacket men came and defended his noble life.
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What a strange life it was for Job there at the Yellow Jacket!
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