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  • yellow pages
    yellow pages
    plural noun
    a classified telephone directory or section of a directory, listing subscribers by the type of business or service they offer, usually printed on yellow paper.
  • Yellow Pages
    Yellow Pages
    plural noun
    a classified telephone directory, often printed on yellow paper, that lists subscribers by the business or service provided
Synonyms

yellow pages

American  

plural noun

(often initial capital letters)

  1. a classified telephone directory or section of a directory, listing subscribers by the type of business or service they offer, usually printed on yellow paper.

Yellow Pages British  

plural noun

  1. a classified telephone directory, often printed on yellow paper, that lists subscribers by the business or service provided

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Etymology

Origin of yellow pages

First recorded in 1950–55

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