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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellow-colored card shown by a referee to a player, especially in soccer, to indicate that the player has committed a flagrant foul. Being shown two yellow cards results in ejection from the game.
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- noun sports a yellow-coloured card, shown to a
player , (especially inassociation football ), as acaution that he hascommitted aflagrant foul ; a further such foul would result in ared card .
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