DCHP-2
Yellowback Slang, Derog., Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an Orangeman.
- c1878 (1963) Come all you gallant Irishmen who love your church and creed / I hope you'll pay attention to the few lines that you read, / Concerning your church and countrymen, your brothers, one and all / It's how we licked the Yellowbacks in the city of Montreal. [Reference to a riot, July 12, 1877.
- c1878 (1963) Come all you gallant Irishmen who love your church and creed / I hope you'll pay attention to the few lines that you read, / Concerning your church and countrymen, your brothers, one and all / It's how we licked the Yellowbacks in the city of Montreal. [Reference to a riot, July 12, 1877.