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high yellows

high yellows is the plural of high yellow.

Meaning of high yellow

Noun

high yellow (plural high yellows)

  1. (sometimes racially offensive) A black person with light skin with yellow undertones.
    • Being a light-skinned girl, you get called names. You get called 'lite-brite', you get called 'high yellow', 'redbone'.2014 January 10, Colorism: The Secret Shame (Oprah's Lifeclass), season 5, episode 2, via OWN
    Synonyms:
    high yaller

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Questions about high yellows

What is high yellows the plural of?
High yellows is the plural of high yellow.

Words near high yellows in the dictionary

  1. high wires
  2. High Wycombe
  3. high yaller
  4. high yallers
  5. high yellow
  6. high yellows
  7. high yo-yo
  8. high yo-yos
  9. high-accuracy
  10. high-backed
  11. high-beam

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