"yellow bone" meaning in All languages combined

See yellow bone on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: yellow bones [plural]
Etymology: yellow + bone; compare redbone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|yellow|bone}} yellow + bone, {{m|en|redbone}} redbone Head templates: {{en-noun}} yellow bone (plural yellow bones)
  1. (African-American Vernacular) A light-skinned man or woman of mixed ethnicity including black.
    Sense id: en-yellow_bone-en-noun-TgKWukom Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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