Meaning

1 senses
  1. A light-skinned person of mixed ethnicity including black.

Origin

From yellow + bone; compare redbone.

From yellow + bone; compare redbone.

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Forms

plural: yellow bones
Singularyellow bone
Pluralyellow bones

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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