yellow card

Definitions

1. a yellow-coloured card, shown to a player (especially in association football) as a caution that he or she has committed a flagrant foul; a further such foul would result in a red card.
2. one of various yellow-colored cards used to verify the healthiness, vaccination status or other medical info of travelers.
3. a form to record safety concerns and adverse reactions to medicinal drugs.
   UK
4. A card sent out by a travelling dance or theatre company to request temporary personnel from a local labor union.
   attributive, often
5. A yellow ticket.
   historical
6. a card given to British Army personnel during The Troubles.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“Some large modern dance⟳ companies, most large ballet companies, and most large theater companies also require⟳ union crews. These are called yellow card companies.”

“Each local union has a separate⟳ number⟳; New York was the first so they are Local One. Chicago is Local Two. A yellow card (they have⟳ been printed on yellow cardstock since time began) is sent out telling how many hands will be required in in each department for the load-in, load-out, and for the run⟳ of the show⟳.”

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