Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word yellow-shirt.
Examples
-
Despite the Sisyphian yellow-shirt teams toiling in the hot sun for $5 a day, the rubble can't be collected and removed because the government doesn't have nearly enough trucks, a symptom of the lack of funds.
Mark Schuller: Falling through the cracks or unstable foundations? 2010
-
Despite the Sisyphian yellow-shirt teams toiling in the hot sun for $5 a day, the rubble can't be collected and removed because the government doesn't have nearly enough trucks, a symptom of the lack of funds.
Mark Schuller: Falling Through the Cracks, or Unstable Foundations? 2010
-
Mr. Sondhi's so-called yellow-shirt followers were not involved in the latest round of protests in Thailand, which involved the red-shirted Thaksin supporters.
-
The officer turned to the yellow-shirt chief petty officer and said, "Find out where the hell this nugget is supposed to be, and take him there."
Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998
-
The pilot eased back on the power, disengaged from the arresting wire, and taxied forward in response to hand signals from the yellow-shirt directing them to a station near the island.
Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998
-
Skeeter's hand shot out and he nailed the yellow-shirt on the left side of the man's face.
Nuke Zone Douglass, Keith 1998
-
Veera is the leader of Thailand Patriot Network, a splinter group of the "yellow-shirt" People's Alliance for Democracy PAD movement which shut down Bangkok's airports in 2008 in a bid to force the previous government of allies of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra to step down.
BBC News - Home 2011
-
That prompted pro-monarchy "yellow-shirt" demonstrators to hit the Bangkok streets in recent days calling for their release.
latimes.com - News 2011
-
The yellow-shirt faction, which helped bring the prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, to power in 2008, has been pressing him to take a tougher line against Cambodia.
The Guardian World News Mark Tran 2011
-
Unprecedented colour-coded political division occurred during the second term in office of Thaksin with the emergence of the yellow-shirt movement, the People's Alliance for Democracy.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.