English Dictionary

yellow boy

noun

(countable, slang, now archaic, historical) A gold coin; a guinea or sovereign. / (uncountable, slang) Iron(III) hydroxide, a yellow-orange solid found in acidic water from mining projects.

The yellow boy is playing in the park.

意味（1）

(countable, slang, now archaic, historical) A gold coin; a guinea or sovereign.

“Damn them, (cried the commodore) I wish both their necks were broke, thof the two cost me forty good yellow-boys.” “Forty guineas! (exclaimed the stranger […]).”

意味（2）

(uncountable, slang) Iron(III) hydroxide, a yellow-orange solid found in acidic water from mining projects.

意味（3）

(countable, US, slang, historical) Synonym of goldback (“kind of gold certificate”)