"Technicolor yawn" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-Technicolor yawn.ogg [Australia] Forms: Technicolor yawns [plural]
Etymology: Originally Australian slang, early 1970s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Technicolor yawn (plural Technicolor yawns)
  1. (slang) An act of vomiting. Tags: slang Synonyms: vomit
    Sense id: en-Technicolor_yawn-en-noun-2RtQskoU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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