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yellow card

/ˈjɛl.əʊ ˌkɑːd/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A yellow-coloured card, shown to a player (especially in association football) as a caution that he has committed a flagrant foul; a further such foul would result in a red card.
  2. A card sent out by a travelling dance or theatre company to request temporary personnel from a local labor union.
  3. A yellow ticket.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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