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yellowback

noun

Definition of yellowback

2 : a cheap and usually sensational novel especially : one sold in yellow board or paper covers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
3 : a freshwater mussel (Lampsilis anodontoides) of the Mississippi valley and southeastern U.S. having a heavy shell covered with yellow periostracum and highly valued for mother-of-pearl

History and Etymology for yellowback

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