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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
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labor union whilst employed.

Etymology

So called because such agreements were thought to reduce employees to the status of yellow dogs (“worthless things”).

Inflected Forms

yellow dog contracts (plural)

Questions

What does yellow dog contract mean?
An agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labor union whilst employed.
Where does yellow dog contract come from?
So called because such agreements were thought to reduce employees to the status of yellow dogs (“worthless things”).

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