DCHP-3

Yankee ((adj.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1adj.

native to the United States.

Quotations

1811
I say in plain words, that if . . . a Yankey Ox, Hog, Cod-Fish, &c. can be allowed to pass free into Quebec by Craig's Road, the same indulgence should be allowed those coming to this Market.
1835
I had heard of yankee clock pedlars, tin pedlars, and bible pedlars. . . .
1863
How insignificant was gentle Mrs. Wynn beside the Yankee woman's portly presence!
1926
Woe to the Yankee boy, had he appeared amongst us then [on Training Day].
2adj.

characteristic of or pertaining to the United States or Americans.

Quotations

1825
He was certainly a queer fish, something of a wag; and dealt just as much in Yankee lingo as he did in bulls and calves.
1837
. . . there are plenty of cooking stoves of Yankee construction to be bought here with all the coppers, etc., for £10 or £12 and a great convenience they are. . . .
1913
The man had Yankee blood in him somewhere, for now he was chewing tobacco industriously, and staining the snow in front of the barricade. . . .
3adj.

made in the United States.

Quotations

1827
. . . let it drive the Yankee whisky into the lakes. . . .
1845
One of [Sam Slick's] wooden-made yankee clocks is here. . . .
1872
My head gear was a broad brimmed Yankee felt hat.