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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
yellow card
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And anyway, I ain't got my yellow card on me.
▪ As he came on, Rocky got a great reception from the crowd and a yellow card from the referee.
▪ Bent's jaw was broken in four places, and Penney was shown the yellow card.
▪ He was fortunate to be shown only the yellow card.
▪ The Boro skipper raced across the field to remonstrate with the official and was lucky to escape with just a yellow card.
▪ The offence merited the second yellow card that would have put Ferguson off the park.
▪ Then Aunt Della took a folded yellow card out of the box.
Wiktionary
yellow card

n. (context sports English) 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.

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Yellow card

Yellow card may refer to:

  • A yellow penalty card shown in many sports after a rules infraction or, by analogy, a serious warning in other areas
  • "Yellow card", colloquial name for the IBM System/370 Reference Summary booklet in the 1970s (earlier editions were colored green, or white for System/360, while subsequent releases were colored pink for XA and blue for ESA)
  • Yellowcard, an American alternative rock band
  • Yellow Card Scheme, a United Kingdom initiative concerning reactions to medicines
  • Carte Jaune, a vaccination certificate issued by the World Health Organization
  • A card issued to United Kingdom troops in Northern Ireland, listing the rules of engagement
  • A card, used with certain contracted IATSE touring shows, informing downline venues of the number of traveling and local stagehands needed to mount and stage the production.
  • Yellow ticket, a prostitution permit in former Russian Empire
  • Standard American Yellow Card, a codification of the Standard American bridge bidding system by the American Contract Bridge League, originally printed on yellow paper.

Usage examples of "yellow card".

He wiped his left hand on his slacks, then reached in his shirt pocket, and gave the officer a yellow card and the fifteen-dollar exit fee.

The yellow card stamped in purple cost a few lire, and could be purchased as soon as one had ship, train, or air tickets to show.

The message light on his desk flashed, and a yellow card popped out of the delivery slot like a lightly browned piece of toast.

Harley's yellow card was the kind that businessmen distributed by the hundred, and had no necessary connection with Brown.

No one had signed any of them, and there was no yellow card attached to signify it was an accountable document.

A slave-tag was attached to his arm and a 'yellow card' to cover his move down the road was hung round his neck.