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yellow jack
yellow jack, the sailor's name for yellow fever, and also the slang name given to the quarantine flag in the International Code of Signals, ‘Q’ flag, which is coloured yellow. It was, too, the name often given to a naval pensioner in Greenwich Hospital who was too fond of his drink. Such a man was made to wear a particular coat in which yellow was the predominant colour so that the other pensioners might be warned that he was a man who might try to wheedle their daily ration of beer out of them.
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"yellow jack." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "yellow jack." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-yellowjack.html "yellow jack." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-yellowjack.html |
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Yellow Jack
Yellow Jack, play by Sidney Howard, produced and published in 1934.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Yellow Jack." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Yellow Jack." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-YellowJack.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Yellow Jack." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-YellowJack.html |
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yellow jack
yellow jack archaic term for yellow fever.
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"yellow jack." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "yellow jack." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-yellowjack.html "yellow jack." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-yellowjack.html |
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