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yaller dog

yaller dog is the pronunciation spelling of yellow dog.

Meaning of yellow dog

Noun

yellow dog (plural yellow dogs)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yellow, dog.
  2. (Southern US, US, especially) A Carolina dog.
  3. (US, informal) An item or person of low value.
    • If I had a woman like that I'd trade her off for a yellow dog and then shoot the dog.1877, Charles White with Andrew J. Leavitt, The coming man: an Ethiopian sketch in two scenes, page 5

Forms of yaller dog

pluralyaller dogs

Questions about yaller dog

What is yaller dog the pronunciation spelling of?
Yaller dog is the pronunciation spelling of yellow dog.

Words near yaller dog in the dictionary

  1. yallar
  2. yallar dog
  3. yallar dogs
  4. Yallaroi
  5. yaller
  6. yaller dog
  7. yaller dogs
  8. yallo
  9. Yallop
  10. Yallourn
  11. Yallourn North

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