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yellow-bellied

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yel⋅low-bel⋅lied

  [yel-oh-bel-eed]
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–adjective
1. having a yellow abdomen or underside.
2. Slang. cowardly; lily-livered.
Origin:
1700–10
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yel·low-bel·lied   (yěl'ō-běl'ēd)
adj.  

  1. Having a belly that is yellow or yellowish. Used of certain birds, for example.

  2. Slang Cowardly.

yel'low-bel'ly n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
yellow-bellied

  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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