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Yellow-cover, subs, phr. (American).__ A notice of dismissal from government employment: pron. yaller kiver, [From being usually enclosed in a yellow envelope.]

Slang and its analogues past and present: A dictionary, historical ..., Volume 7
By William Ernest Henley

http://books.google.com/books?id=0JhBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA374&lpg=PA374&dq=%22yellow+cover%22+slang&source=bl&ots=Pz6zgiTdFE&sig=k_gVKCdA1rhdNME29WyXJ-Wym1c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=S4tQU_nML8m4yQHvzYDYBw&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22yellow%20cover%22%20slang&f=false

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