Yanks

<noun> Colloquial

1. Term used by Southern Americans to refer to a Northern American.

2. Term used by foreign nations, chiefly Britain and Australia to refer to Americans.

==> The term is thought to derive from Dutch settlers in the 1600's referring to the English colonials as 'Jan Kees' (John Cheese) which entered our language with the spelling 'Yankees,' as that is how it would sound in Dutch. 'Yanks' is simply a shortened form of it.

English Guy: "Those bloody Yanks."

Redneck hick from the South: "Yeehaw, thems Yankies are'sa comin', get the showtgun, yiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeep!!!"

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yank

simple really..
a word used to describe american people

that man is from america.. he is a yank

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The word british people describe Americans as.

" that yank is crazy."

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To be a yankee from the North as opposed to a Confederate from the South during the American Civil War.
Now just mean's an American.

In The Past.....
Southerner: "I'll get y'all yo' damn, yankee."
Yankee: "Fuck off, hillbilly."
Nowadays.....
"The yank's invaded Iraq."

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yank

To tug on something.

Yank on this line, sailor.

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to grab aggressively

"yo bitch, stick your head outta that window so i can yank you out and beat your ass!"

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Short for Yankee, someone from the N.E. United States (mainly New England).

I met a Yank from Connecticut.

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