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1. • • yellowback [ yel -oh-bak ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA noun (formerly) an inexpensive, often lurid, novel bound in yellow cloth or paper.
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   • 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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   Will yellowbacks ever come back?

   • When the new bills appear in July, yellowbacks will be a thing of the past. All of the new currency is to be green. Lynn pointed out the name on the bill, turning it over to show that it was a yellowback. Doubt ‘ yellowbacks ’ will ever come back, since the birth of greenbacks to help the US in 1860s.

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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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   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 does the noun yellowback mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun yellowback , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   yellowback in British English. (ˈjɛləʊˌbæk ) noun. 1. a cheap, sensational novel bound in yellow fabric or paper. 2. a U.S. dollar having a yellow coloured back. 3. a lemon coloured fish.

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   Yellowback. Noun. A type of cheap, popular novel originating in Britain during the mid-19th century. Characteristically having bright yellow covers, these books were sold at railway stations, targeting travelers with entertaining and easily accessible fiction.

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   yellowback. (ˈjɛləʊˌbæk) n. 1. (Journalism & Publishing) a cheap, sensational novel bound in yellow fabric or paper. 2. (Currencies) a U.S. dollar having a yellow coloured back. 3. (Animals) a lemon coloured fish.

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   noun. 1. : gold certificate. 2. : a cheap and usually sensational novel. especially : one sold in yellow board or paper covers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 3.

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   yellow back (English) Noun. yellow back. Coward. This is the meaning of Coward: coward (English) Origin & history. From Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coe ("tail") + -ard ("pejorative agent noun"); coe is in turn from Latin cauda.