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Yankee (iou)



Yankee noun & adjective. colloq. (orig. US). M18.
[Perh. from Dutch Janke dim. of Jan John. Recorded in L17 as nickname.]
A. noun.
a. A native or inhabitant of New England or of any of the Northern States (US); US History a Federal soldier in the Civil War. M18.
b. A native or inhabitant of the United States, an American. Freq. derog. L18.
The dialect of New England; loosely. American English generally. E19.
Whisky sweetened with molasses. US local. E19.
In pl. American stocks or securities. L19.
ellipt. = Yankee jib below. E20.
A composite bet on four or more horses to win or be placed in different races. M20.
b. adjective. That is a Yankee; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Yankee or Yankees; loosely pertaining to the United States, American. L18.
Special collocations & comb.: Yankee bet = sense A.6 above. Yankee bond a dollar bond issued in the US by an overseas borrower. Yankee Doodle (a) a popular American tune and song regarded as characteristically national; (b) = sense A.1 above. Yankee jib (topsail) a large jib topsail used in light winds, set on the topmast stay. Yankee-land (a) US New England; (b) the United States. Yankee notions small wares or useful articles made in New England or the Northern States. Yankee State US Ohio.
Yankeedom noun (rare) (a) the United States; (b) Yankees collectively: M19.
Yankeeish adjective characteristic of or resembling a Yankee M19.
Yankeeism noun (a) Yankee character or style; (b) a Yankee characteristic or idiom: E19.
Yankeeize verb trans. give a Yankee character to M19.