'Yellow-covered literature' definitions:

Definition of 'Yellow-covered literature'

From: GCIDE
  • Yellow-covered \Yel"low-cov`ered\, a. Covered or bound in yellow paper. [1913 Webster]
  • Yellow-covered literature, cheap sensational novels and trashy magazines; -- formerly so called from the usual color of their covers. [Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]