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yellow cabs

yellow cabs is the plural of yellow cab.

Meaning of yellow cab

Noun

yellow cab (plural yellow cabs)

  1. (US) A yellow taxi, particularly officially licensed taxis in New York City and certain other jurisdictions.
  2. (Japanese, derogatory, ethnic, slur) An Asian woman who sleeps with white men, particularly such Japanese women when regarded as a race traitor.
    • Despite its ubiquity in 1990s Japanese culture, one telephone survey of 200 people conducted in the New York area did not find a single individual familiar with the use of the term "yellow cab" in reference to Japanese or Asian women.

Questions about yellow cabs

What is yellow cabs the plural of?
Yellow cabs is the plural of yellow cab.

Words near yellow cabs in the dictionary

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  4. yellow buntings
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  6. yellow cabs
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  8. yellow cakes
  9. yellow card
  10. yellow cards
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