yellowbelly

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Etymology

From yellow +‎ belly.

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Noun

yellowbelly (plural yellowbellies)

  1. (informal) A coward.
  2. (UK, slang) Someone from Lincolnshire.
  3. (Ireland, slang) Someone from Wexford.
  4. (Australia) The golden perch, Macquaria ambigua.
    • 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:
      The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

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