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NankeenNankeen Nan*keen", n. [So called from its being originally
manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.]
1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought
from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium
religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color
quite indestructible and permanent.
2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton.
Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron
(Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker. Nankeen birdNankeen Nan*keen", n. [So called from its being originally
manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.]
1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought
from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium
religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color
quite indestructible and permanent.
2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton.
Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron
(Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker. palankeenPalanquin Pal`an*quin", n. [F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim,
Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr.
parya?ka, palya?ka, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. pref.
peri-) + a?ka a hook, flank, probably akin to E. angle
fishing tackle. Cf. Palkee.]
An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet
long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the
shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in
India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person
from place to place. [Written also palankeen.] 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.
Meaning of Ankee from wikipedia
- Koey Wong -
Precious Tenky Kai Man Tin - ********in
Courtney Wu - Mr. Ho
Ankee Leung - Kin's thug Sam Hoh - Chow's thug Chu Cho-Kuen (extra)
Jackie Chan...
- Lo Hung as Chun-mao's
father Chung Yeung Ngo Wai-kong as
Officer Tsang Ankee Leung as
Friend of Cuba
Thomas Hudak as
Priest Leung Ka-po as
Delivery man...
- Yu Chung-yik as
Tarzan Yeung Ying-choi as
Snake Yip Cho-yau as
Elephant Ankee Leung as Tarzan's
worker Yamada Rena as
Takagi Seung Yik-san as
Tommy Wyman...
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Roderick Lam as
robber Gary Mak as
policeman Ng S****-ting as
policeman Ankee Leung Andy
Tsang as food
delivery boy in lift Yuen Man-chun as security...
- Shi as AB
David Wu as Vice
Captain Kirk Wong as
Bartender Yip
Chung Ping
Ankee Leung Chiu Kwok Chi as Bar
bully Steve Mak as Bar
bully Chow Kong as Bar...
- city of Jakarta.
Historical names for the fort
include Anckee, Anke, and
Ankee.
Three officers of the
French corsair Le
Modeste were held as prisoners...
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Keung Hak-shing as Thug Choi Hin-cheung as Thug Chow Pok-foo as Card
dealer Ankee Leung Prudence Kao Ho Chi-moon Mak Wai-cheung as
Swordsman Yu Man-kei Andrew...
- Lik-Chi, Glen Chin,
Maggie Lau, Koey Wong,
Tenky Kai Man Tin,
Courtney Wu,
Ankee Leung and Sam Hoh a.k.a. Da lao ai mei li
Ethan Mao
Quentin Lee
Canada United...
- and
Angke River.
Historical names for the fort
include Anckee, Anke, and
Ankee. List of
rivers of Java List of
drainage basins of
Indonesia Simanjuntak...
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Member Alan Ko
Michael Tse as Cop shot in the
street Poon Hang-sang Gary Mak
Ankee Leung Danny Chan Ho Ka-fai as
Policeman Law Shu-kei as
Judge Prudence Kao...
