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yellow-bellied

[yel-oh-bel-eed]

yel·low-bel·lied

[yel-oh-bel-eed]
adjective
1.
having a yellow abdomen or underside.
2.
Slang. cowardly; lily-livered.

Origin:
1700–10
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yellow-belly
 
n , pl -lies
1.  a slang word for coward
2.  (Austral) another name for callop
 
'yellow-bellied
 
adj

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yellow-bellied definition


  1. mod.
    cowardly. : What yellow-bellied skunk ran off with my horse?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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