yellow-bellies

yellow-bellies
   Used by an English farmer in A Cack-Handed War, by Edward Blishen, to refer to conscientious objectors, men who refused to join the army during the Second World War. He also calls them ‘rats’ and ‘traitors’. Such men were generally known as ‘conchies’ and probably became used to being abused for standing up for their principles. See also Scaredy-cat

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