Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellow boy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables
yel-low boy
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Winchester Model 1866 lever action rifle.

Informal

noun

A gold coin; a guinea or sovereign.

Archaic; Countable; Slang

noun

Iron(III) hydroxide, a yellow-orange solid found in acidic water from mining projects.

Slang; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of goldback (“kind of gold certificate”).

American usage; Countable; Slang

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the golden yellow colour of its receiver.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Yellow Boys (plural)

Synonyms

goldback

Questions

What does yellow boy mean?
A Winchester Model 1866 lever action rifle.
Where does yellow boy come from?
From the golden yellow colour of its receiver.

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