"single yellow line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: single yellow lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} single yellow line (plural single yellow lines)
  1. (UK) A single yellow line painted at the side of a road to show that parking is permitted only at specified times. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Roads Related terms: double yellow line, red line, thin blue line, Thin Red Line

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989, Melvin Dixon, Trouble the Water",
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