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YankedYank Yank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Yanked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Yanking.]
To twitch; to jerk. [Colloq. U. S.] YankeeYankee Yan"kee, a.
Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
The alertness of the Yankee aspect. --Hawthorne.
Yankee clover. (Bot.) See Japan clover, under Japan. Yankee
Yankee Yan"kee, n. [Commonly considered to be a corrupt
pronunciation of the word English, or of the French word
Anglais, by the native Indians of America. According to
Thierry, a corruption of Jankin, a diminutive of John, and a
nickname given to the English colonists of Connecticut by the
Dutch settlers of New York. Dr. W. Gordon (``Hist. of the
Amer. War,' ed, 1789, vol. i., pp. 324, 325) says it was a
favorite cant word in Cambridge, Mass., as early as 1713, and
that it meant excellent; as, a yankee good horse, yankee good
cider, etc. Cf. Scot yankie a sharp, clever, and rather bold
woman, and Prov. E. bow-yankees a kind of leggins worn by
agricultural laborers.]
A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially
one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an
inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a
Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any
inhabitant of the United States.
From meanness first this Portsmouth Yankey rose, And
still to meanness all his conduct flows. --Oppression,
A poem by an
American
(Boston,
1765).
Yankee cloverJapan Ja*pan", a.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
country; as, Japan ware.
Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
(Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina
allspice.
Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply
Japan.
Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or
Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
borneol or Borneo camphor.
Japan clover, or Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
(Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for
fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover.
Japan earth. See Catechu.
Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
when dry.
Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the
poison sumac. Yankee cloverYankee Yan"kee, a.
Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.
The alertness of the Yankee aspect. --Hawthorne.
Yankee clover. (Bot.) See Japan clover, under Japan. Yankee-Doodle
Yankee-Doodle Yan`kee-Doo"dle, n.
1. The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the
national airs of the United States.
2. Humorously, a Yankee.
We might have withheld our political noodles From
knocking their heads against hot Yankee-Doodles.
--Moore.
Yankeeism
Yankeeism Yan"kee*ism, n.
A Yankee idiom, word, custom, or the like. --Lowell.
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English and Dutch: "Yanker, didel,
doodle down, Diddle, dudel, lanther,
Yanke viver,
voover vown,
Botermilk und tanther." Farm
laborers in
Holland were...
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yǎnkē xué) is part of
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treated with...
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local Idaho businessmen Tom Nicholson,
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Later it
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Dampier relates his
dealings in 1681 with
Dutch privateer Captain Yanky or
Yanke.
Linguist Jan de
Vries notes that
there was
mention of a
pirate named Dutch...
- for
example nzala/njala ("hunger").
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