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Meaning
Noun
●
In Demonyms for Americans:
A
native
or
inhabitant
of the United States.
●
In Southern US English:
A
native
or
inhabitant
of the Northern United States.
●
A
native
or
inhabitant
of New England.
●
In Louisiana English:
An Anglo,
as opposed to
someone with French
ancestry
; a
native
or
inhabitant
of the
rest
of the United States.
●
In Nautical:
A large
triangular
headsail
used in
light
or
moderate
winds
and
set on
the
fore
topmast
stay
. Unlike a
genoa
it does not
fill
the whole
fore
triangle
, but is
set in
combination
with the working
stay
sail.
●
In Baseball:
A
player
for the New York Yankees.
●
A
wager
on
four
selections
,
consisting of
11
separate
bets
:
six
doubles
,
four
trebles
and a
fourfold
accumulator
. A
minimum
two
selections
must
win
to
gain
a return.
●
Someone on the Union side.
●
In Nautical:
A
headsail
resembling
a
genoa
or a
jib
but with a high-cut
clew
,
normally
used
together with
a
staysail
. A
sailing boat
is
typically
equipped
with three
yankee
sails
of different
sizes
,
number one
being the largest.
●
Alternative letter-case form of Yankee from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
●
Obsolete form of Yankee.
Verb
🤬
In American English & Canadian English:
to
cheat
,
trick
or
swindle
somebody; to
misrepresent
something
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Rhymes
Lanky
Wanky
Manky
Tanky
Banky
Hanky
Tankie
Skanky
Yankee
Clanky
Hankey
Spanky
Swanky
Dankie
Yanqui
Pranky
Stanky
Cranky
Thankee
Blankie
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