yellow-bellied

adjective

informal + old-fashioned

: not having courage : cowardly

He's a yellow-bellied traitor!

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Late, uncommon migrants included Acadian flycatchers in a few places, alder and yellow-bellied flycatchers at Wing Island in Brewster, and a dark-eyed junco and a chestnut-sided warbler in Wellfleet. —

BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2023

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