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yellow boys

yellow boys is the plural of yellow boy.

Meaning of yellow boy

Noun

yellow boy (countable and uncountable, plural yellow boys)

  1. (archaic, countable, historical, slang) A gold coin; a guinea or sovereign.
    • “Damn them, (cried the commodore) I wish both their necks were broke, thof the two cost me forty good yellow-boys.” “Forty guineas! (exclaimed the stranger […]).”1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
  2. (slang, uncountable) Iron(III) hydroxide, a yellow-orange solid found in acidic water from mining projects.
  3. (US, countable, historical, slang) Synonym of goldback (“kind of gold certificate”).
    Synonyms:
    goldback

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Noun capitalized: Yellow Boys

Yellow Boys

  1. (plural) plural of Yellow Boy

Questions about yellow boys

What is yellow boys the plural of?
Yellow boys is the plural of yellow boy.
What part of speech is yellow boys?
Yellow boys is a noun.

Words near yellow boys in the dictionary

  1. yellow bone
  2. yellow bones
  3. yellow box
  4. yellow boxes
  5. yellow boy
  6. yellow boys
  7. yellow brain
  8. yellow brain fungi
  9. yellow brain fungus
  10. yellow brains
  11. yellow brick road

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