Yellow Belly (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Yellow Belly

A native of the Fens of Licoinshire; an allusion to the eels caught there.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

Yellow * Yellow Boys

Nearby

Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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Yaffling
To Yam
Yankey
Yarmouth Capon
Yarmouth Coach
Yarmouth Pye
Yarum
Yea and Nay Man
Yellow
Yellow Belly
Yellow Boys
To Yelp
Yest
Yoked
Yorkshire Tyke
Young One
To Yowl