Meaning of yellow dog | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of yellow dog, chiefly used when the word has the sense "Carolina dog" or the sense "Yellow Dog Democrat".
   alt-of
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yellow, dog.
3. A Carolina dog.
   Southern-US, US, especially
4. An item or person of low value.
   US, informal
5. Ellipsis of Yellow Dog Democrat.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncommon

Examples

“If I had a woman like⟳ that I'd trade⟳ her off for a yellow dog and then shoot⟳ the dog.”

“A respectable class of candidates for minor state offices, and for state senate and assembly, at this moment desire to run⟳ on the ticket with Roosevelt. As soon as there is a third ticket in the field no one but a yellow dog will consent to run⟳ on Platt's ticket.”

“What led Rick Perry to pronounce the Yellow Dogs dead?”

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