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Definition of yellow streak

noun Informal.

a trait of cowardice in a person's character.

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Origin of yellow streak

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

Words nearby yellow streak

yellow spot, Yellowstone, Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, yellow streak, yellowtail, yellowtail flounder, yellowtail kingfish, yellowthroat, yellow-throated vireo

How to use yellow streak in a sentence

Abraham, a yellow cab driver and student, feels that blacks are targeted unfairly by the police.
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Some of the items Indonesian military aircraft saw were long yellow tubes.
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Miller traces his irreverent and subversive streak to a psychedelic experience during the particularly sweltering summer of 1991.
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With the first set I did, the colors of the couch determined that the rest of it would be blue and yellow and white.
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It was clear to me that at least at the end of his life the Dionysian streak was trying to get out.
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The pink flowers are the largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The flowers grow in clusters from the extremities of the stalk; they are yellow externally and of a delicate red within.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
He was cast down to think that he might have spared himself the trouble of donning his beautiful yellow doublet from Paris.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
In the presence of bromin the chloroform, which settles to the bottom, assumes a yellow color.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
As she peered into the face of Dr. Ashton, her own was scarlet and yellow, and her voice rose to a shriek.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood

British Dictionary definitions for yellow streak

yellow streak

noun

informal a cowardly or weak trait, characteristic, or flaw in a person's nature

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yellow streak

Definition of yellow streak

Origin of yellow streak

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British Dictionary definitions for yellow streak