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yellow-skinned en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Having yellow skin.
    • Kaempferol was not also detectable in the fruits of yellow-skinned cactus pear[.]" 2019, Solomon Habtemariam, Medicinal Foods as Potential Therapies for Type-2 Diabetes and Associated Diseases, page 448:
  2. (derogatory, not-comparable, offensive) Of Far East Asian descent.
    • "Curse you, you yellow-skinned bastard." 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 598:

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