Yellow Taxi (1909)

[Jonathan Lighter]

New to me.

JL

Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:
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Slightly off-topic, but I recall that "yellow cab" is slang for a Japanese
woman, generally tourist, who will sleep with anyone. I think I was told
it's a Hawaiian word. This must go back at least 10 years.

I can't find this meaning on Google and don't have a good slang dictionary
at my disposal...

Benjamin Barrett
Baking the World a Better Place
www.hiroki.us

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Does anyone have anything for the "yellow" origin? Were the first taxis red?

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