DCHP-2
Yankee lingo DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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speech characteristic of Americans, in early use with special reference to New England speech; American English.
See also: Yankee ((n.)) (def. 3)
- 1963 But if the beef was plentiful but tough, most British travellers thought many Upper Canadians equally so. . . in their Yankee lingo.
- 1963 But if the beef was plentiful but tough, most British travellers thought many Upper Canadians equally so. . . in their Yankee lingo.