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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).
Meaning of Yankees from wikipedia
- The New York
Yankees are an
American professional baseball team
based in the New York City
borough of the Bronx. The
Yankees compete in
Major League Baseball...
- of the word "
Yankee" in 1758 when he
referred to the New
England soldiers under his command. "I can
afford you two
companies of
Yankees, and the more...
- 3000km 2,000miles
Yankees Dodgers The Dodgers–
Yankees rivalry is one of the
biggest rivalries in
Major League Baseball. The Los
Angeles Dodgers are...
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notables donning Yankees hard hats and
wielding ceremonial shovels to mark the occasion. The
Yankees continued to play in the
previous Yankee Stadium during...
- that
style of music. And in fact, they paid ****
Yankees a
million dollars not to do
another ****
Yankees record. We're like, 'Really? OK, we'll just take...
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during a time when the New York
Yankees dominated Major League Baseball. It is
based on Wallop's 1954
novel The Year the
Yankees Lost the Pennant. The show...
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Franklin Levine, the wife of New York
Yankees President Randy Levine, the
program raises money for the New York
Yankees Universe fund.
Proceeds for the fund...
- 100km 62miles Red Sox
Yankees The
Yankees–Red Sox
rivalry is a
Major League Baseball (MLB)
rivalry between the New York
Yankees and the
Boston Red Sox...
- need to
change this.'"
Yankees management have even
claimed the
policy keeps the
Yankees unique. On
February 21, 2025, the
Yankees amended their appearance...
- Sox and the
Yankees. On
December 18, 1918,
outfielder Duffy Lewis,
pitcher Dutch Leonard and
pitcher Ernie S**** were
traded to the
Yankees for pitcher...
