A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations



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A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases

yellow boy • yellow man
yellow boy —
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. the Winchester 
1
866 rifle: This weapon could
hold sixteen cartridges. Known as the “Yellow-boy” because
of its brass frame, it was developed from the Henry repeating
rifle. 2. (dated) a gold coin: And if you’ll only go along with
me, this day twelve months you’ll all have more yellow boys
in your pockets than will buy a good farm down east. 3. (U.S.
sl., may sound offensive) a light-skinned Black boy: His com-
plexion was light and his features were far less Negroid than
those of his mother. He was a rather good looking yellow boy.
yellow man —
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(Anthropolog y) a person of the Mongoloid
race with naturally yellowish skin: Mongolic or Yellow Man
prevails over the vast area lying east of a line drawn from Lap-
land to Siam. 2. (coll.) a fearful, cowardly man: It frightens
me when moderate voices are taken to be from weak and yel-
low men. 3. a flat sugar-stick, flavored with lemon: “Lemon
Platt,” commonly sold as “Yellow Man” at fairs in the North
of Ireland, derives its name from its flavor.
yellow stripe disease • yellow stripe rust
yellow stripe disease —a virus disease of sugarcane character-
ized by striping of the foliage: Sugar cane varieties have been
imported which are resistant to the highly troublesome yel-
low-stripe disease.
yellow stripe rust—a rust of wheat, rye, barley, and other
grains caused by a fungus: The main diseases to check for are
yellow stripe rust (Puccinia glumarum) and stem rust (Puccinia
gramminis).
yellow trumpet • yellow trumpet flower
yellow trumpet—a plant (Sarracenia flava) whose leaves are
shaped into the form of a pitcher: A fly perches on the lip of
the yellow trumpet, also known as the trumpet or yellow
pitcherplant.
yellow trumpet flower —a tropical American shrub: Yellow
bells (Tecoma stans), also called yellow trumpet flower, yellow
elder, and yellow trumpetbush, is a small to medium sized
shrub.

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