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yeller

yeller

English

Noun

yeller (plural yellers)

  1. Someone who yells.

Etymology 2

Eye dialect.

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Adjective

yeller (comparative more yeller, superlative most yeller)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of yellow.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.

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