yellow-belly

¹

noun

1. a slang word for coward

2. another name for callop

yellow belly

²

noun

1. dialect,  a native of Lincolnshire, esp of the fens

Other Word Forms

• yellow-bellied adjective

Example Sentences

Pa said, “Come on, we gotta get back to the Settlement. I’m-a call a meeting so’s we can do something ’bout catching that yellow-belly dog of a blamed thief.”

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A man was yelling, “You yellow-belly lowlifes, you waited till you knew most of the men was gone, you cowards!”

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Men might call him "slodger," "yellow-belly"—the first word sounds like the very quintessence of churned mud, the second is eloquent of sickness—and he might grumble at the hardships of his lot.

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At first, Hubie played the "real yellow-belly" that he was and became famous in films.

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No yellow-belly, Potter accepted�on one condition: Barton must turn critic and review the performance.

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