damyankee

Or damn·yan·kee

[dam-yang-kee]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal.

(in the southern U.S.) a person native to the northern states of the U.S., especially one who is disliked or regarded with suspicion.

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A thoroughgoing, stubborn damyankee, he knew that he was ahead of his time and preferred not to hear it at all rather than hear it played poorly.

But it was a damyankee merchant named George Peabody and his $2,000,000 that put Peabody on its feet.

Delmar, a 34-year-old damyankee who looks like Harold Lloyd, was born in Boston.

In the '70s some damyankee speculators swooped down, began exploiting the rich, freak coal, iron and limestone deposits.