"yellow streak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yellow streaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} yellow streak (plural yellow streaks)
  1. (UK, informal) cowardly behaviour Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-yellow_streak-en-noun-~YeOtcQ0 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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