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Yankee

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Slang name for a New Englander; applied in England to the citizens of the United States generally; it is of uncertain derivation.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Yankee'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​y/yankee.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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