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yellow streak
noun
- a trait of cowardice in a person's character.
yellow streak
noun
- informal.a cowardly or weak trait, characteristic, or flaw in a person's nature
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yellow streak1
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Example Sentences
The shepherd had just sent the collie to fetch them up, and the running dog was like a yellow streak across the green.
Alleyne gave a gulp in his throat, for the yellow streak seemed to pass through the man; but he still ran forward.
Jasper, after he had recovered in a measure from his bitter disappointment, began to show a yellow streak.
If Bunny Payton could only keep that yellow streak under cover!
Upper parts frog green, with a rusty-yellow streak between two black lines on the crown.
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