yellowbelly

See also: yellow belly

English

Etymology

From yellow ‎ belly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛləʊbɛli/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

yellowbelly (plural yellowbellies)

1. (informal) A coward.
2. (UK, slang) Someone from Lincolnshire.
3. (Ireland, slang) Someone from Wexford.
4. (Australia) The golden perch, Macquaria ambigua.
   • 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:

     The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

Derived terms

• yellow-bellied

Related terms

• yellowbelly slider

Translations

a coward

• Bulgarian: страхливец (bg) m (strahlivec)
• Italian: coniglio (it) m, mammoletta, pollo (it), merlo (it), femminuccia (it), smidollato (it), pappa molle, pappamolle, rammollito (it), fifone (it), codardo (it), cortigiano (it), mollusco (it), vigliacco (it), pusillanime (it), eunuco (it), debole (it) m, pisciasotto (it), cacasotto (it), pauroso (it), vile (it)
• Maori: toupiore

• Spanish: amarillo (es) m