Caller vs Yaller - What's the difference?
caller | yaller |
The person who made a telephone call.
A visitor.
(bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
(computing, programming) The function that calls another (the callee).
A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
(US)
* {{quote-book, year=1861, author=Various, title=Atlantic Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 41, March, 1861, chapter=, edition=
, passage="Forgot the yaller cuss!" replied he. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1909, author=Louise Forsslund, title=Old Lady Number 31, chapter=, edition=
, passage=See my yaller silk handkerchief, tew? }}
* {{quote-book, year=1924, author=, title=Bull Hunter, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He met me single and he fought me clean, and he's going to be pulled down by no pack of yaller dogs! }}
As a noun caller
is the person who made a telephone call.As an adjective yaller is
(us).caller
English
Noun
(en noun)- - I've got someone on the line.
- - Who's the caller ?
- a gentleman caller
Derived terms
* caller IDAnagrams
* * ----yaller
English
Alternative forms
* yellerAdjective
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