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Noun

yellow boy (countable and uncountable, plural yellow boys)Category:English lemmas#YELLOWBOYCategory:English nouns#YELLOWBOYCategory:English uncountable nouns#YELLOWBOYCategory:English countable nouns#YELLOWBOYCategory:English countable nouns#YELLOWBOYCategory:English multiword terms#YELLOWBOYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#YELLOWBOYCategory:Pages with entries#YELLOW%20BOYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#YELLOW%20BOY

1. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#YELLOWBOY, slangCategory:English slang#YELLOWBOY, now archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#YELLOWBOY, historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#YELLOWBOY) A gold coin; a guinea or sovereign. [from 17th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     “Damn them, (cried the commodore) I wish both their necks were broke, thof the two cost me forty good yellow-boys.” “Forty guineas! (exclaimed the stranger […] ).”

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   • 1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 63:

     This enchanting game she has played for two years, and if you are her partner, she expects at least double the number of yellow boys.

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2. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#YELLOWBOY, slangCategory:English slang#YELLOWBOY) Iron(III) hydroxide, a yellow-orange solid found in acidic water from mining projects.
3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#YELLOWBOY, USCategory:American English#YELLOWBOY, slangCategory:English slang#YELLOWBOY, historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#YELLOWBOY) Synonym of goldback (“kind of gold certificate”).