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   3 meanings: 1. a cheap, sensational novel bound in yellow fabric or paper 2. a U.S. dollar having a yellow coloured back 3. a.... Click for more definitions.

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   Yellowback definition: (formerly) an inexpensive, often lurid, novel bound in yellow cloth or paper.. See examples of YELLOWBACK used in a sentence.

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   The meaning of YELLOWBACK is gold certificate. a freshwater mussel (Lampsilis anodontoides) of the Mississippi valley and southeastern U.S. having a heavy shell covered ...

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   Define yellowback. yellowback synonyms, yellowback pronunciation, yellowback translation, English dictionary definition of yellowback. n 1. a cheap, sensational novel ...

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   1. † The gillbacker sea catfish, Sciades parkeri (family…. 2. blue yellowback: (In full blue yellowback warbler) the northern parula…. 3. A cheap novel with a yellow cover; (more generally) any…. 4. U.S. A monetary note redeemable in gold; = gold….

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   Yellowback definition: Cheap sensational novel. Dictionary Thesaurus Sentences Grammar Vocabulary Usage Reading & Writing Articles ...

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   What does yellowback mean?

   • What a row was kicked up over Miss Braddon's "Octoroon," and what an impossible yellowback it was! Yellowback definition: (formerly) an inexpensive, often lurid, novel bound in yellow cloth or paper.. See examples of YELLOWBACK used in a sentence.

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   What is the meaning of yellow & back1?

   • [1790–1800; yellow + back1] This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: backhanded, cannibalism, gelatin, infiltration, standby 3 meanings: 1. a cheap, sensational novel bound in yellow fabric or paper 2. a U.S. dollar having a yellow coloured back 3. a....

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   What is a yellowback book?

   • (formerly) an inexpensive, often lurid, novel bound in yellow cloth or paper. a gold certificate. You saw what that fellow flashed, a twenty dollar yellowback, a word to Skippy and the Kennedy would follow. What a row was kicked up over Miss Braddon's "Octoroon," and what an impossible yellowback it was!

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   What is a yellow back fish?

   • The fisher-men having caught a quantity of large fish, I discovered one among them..the yellow-back …thus called from its colour, which almost resembles that of a lemon. The Yellow-back is often brought to market at Paramaribo, and attracts the attention of new comers, as this fish is of a saffron colour on the upper part, but the under is white.

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   What is a yellowback warbler?

   • The Yellow-back is often brought to market at Paramaribo, and attracts the attention of new comers, as this fish is of a saffron colour on the upper part, but the under is white. 2. U.S. (now rare). (In full blue yellowback warbler) the northern parula, Setophaga americana, which has blue-grey upperparts with a yellowish breast and back patch.

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   What is a 20 dollar yellowback?

   • a gold certificate. You saw what that fellow flashed, a twenty dollar yellowback, a word to Skippy and the Kennedy would follow. What a row was kicked up over Miss Braddon's "Octoroon," and what an impossible yellowback it was! Yellowback definition: (formerly) an inexpensive, often lurid, novel bound in yellow cloth or paper..

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8. www.wordsense.eu › yellow_backyellow back: meaning, synonyms - WordSense

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   Noun. A person who lacks courage. He tortured himself to find out how he could make his declaration to her, and always halting between the fear of displeasing her and the shame of being such a coward, he wept with discouragement and desire. Then he took energetic resolutions, wrote letters that he tore up, put it off to times that he again ...