yellowbelly
/ˈjɛləʊbɛli/
yellowbelly noun: a coward.
Noun
yellowbelly (plural yellowbellies)
- A coward.
- Synonyms:
- chicken, bottler, caitiff, candy-ass, candy-arse, coistril, coward, chicken liver, chickenshit, cocktail
- Someone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely.
- Someone from Wexford.
- A golden perch (Macquaria ambigua).
- The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151
- A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius).
Synonyms of yellowbelly
- chicken
- bottler
- candy-ass
- candy-arse
- coward
- chicken liver
- chickenshit
- cocktail
- cowardy custard
- craven
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Forms of yellowbelly
| plural | yellowbellies |
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Origin of yellowbelly
* From yellow + belly. * (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): An allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there.
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Questions about yellowbelly
- What does yellowbelly mean?
- Yellowbelly means a coward.
- What part of speech is yellowbelly?
- Yellowbelly is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yellowbelly?
- Yellowbelly is pronounced /ˈjɛləʊbɛli/.
- What is the plural of yellowbelly?
- The plural of yellowbelly is yellowbellies.
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