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yellow-dog contract

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables
yel-low--dog -con-tract
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union

Questions

What does yellow-dog contract mean?
a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union

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