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

any of several social wasps of the genus Vespa, having yellow markings on the body

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

She herself is wearing a yellow jacket at The Plaza, her dark hair uncovered.

Dora got a yellow jacket, and Nellie a baker's cap, while Grace skipped around wearing a poke hat over a foot high.

Never had so young a man had so responsible a place at the Yellow Jacket.

That was the beginning of the real fame of the Yellow Jacket.

From the Yellow Jacket men came and defended his noble life.

What a strange life it was for Job there at the Yellow Jacket!

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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