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- -y
- ya, yare, yere
- Yabby
- yakee
- yaller
- yam
- Yankee
- yard
- yard boy
- yard toilet
- yarns
- ye
- yeah!
- year-'ole
- years
- yeel
- Yeho
- yellow
- yellow bird
- yellow folk
- yellow grits
- yellow jack
- yellow nicker (tree)
- yellow popper
- yellow sponge
- yellow stingray
- yellow tail
- yellow tail snapper
- yellow vine
- yellow-breast
- yellow-mouth grouper
- yellow-mouth grunt
- yellow-tail stripe
- yellow-wing
- yellow-wing jack
- yerry
- yesterday-day-before
- yet
- yeye
- yiddy
- yinna, yeener, yenner, yonner, you-no
- yinnaself
- Yiya
- Ynagua
- Yoruba, Youraba
- you ain't want do no better
- you and all!
- you do for more
- you do well
- you good for yourself
- you mussy wanna shit
- you, yuh
- you-all
- you-all self
- you-nay
- you-nay selves
- young blood
- young corn
- young heads
- young machioneel
- young moon
- young-blooded
- yourns
- youth boy
- Yucaya
- yuck
- yuck somebody up (Gen.); yuck up somebody's vexation
- yucksing /yóksin/, yooksing /yúksin/
- yucksome
- Yumeta
- Yumey
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Definitions starting with Y
yaller
/yála/ adj. 1. [Atlantic (Hancock 1969:46); a dial, pronunciation in Brit. (EDD) and US (ADD)] yellow: 1936 D' yeller house wid d' blue winder (Dupuch 30). (Black)
2. [cf. RED s] of a range of colors including tan, yellow, orange, and red. cf. equivalence of YEL-LOW GRITS and RED GRITS or YELLOW NICKER and RED NICKER (Black) 3
. [cf. US Black high yaller light-skinned Afro-American (Major); D AE idem 1814→; cf. YALLER 2; cf. Haitian jaurie idem (Gaujean. p.c.)] mulatto: 1795 Run away. . of a yellow complexion (Bahama Gazette), 1888 A pretty young yellow girl (Powles 173). cf. HIGH, YELLOW, YELLOW FOLK (Black)
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Last update: 2010-11-01 01:56
Author: Holm and Shilling, DBE, 1982
Revision: 1.0
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