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Definition yellow ribbon in American English

yellow ribbon noun

[countable] noun
1

a thin band of yellow material that people tie around a tree as a way of remembering someone who has gone away, particularly to war, and as a sign of hope that they will return

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Definition yellow ribbon in American English