DCHP-2
Yankee ((adj.)) DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 adj.
native to the United States.
- 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].
2 adj.
characteristic of or pertaining to the United States or Americans.
- 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 (1926) . . . 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. . . .
3 adj.
made in the United States.
- 1827 (1829) . . . 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.
- 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.