Etymology
Origin of Yankeedom
Example Sentences
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Yankeedom encompasses the New England states as well as Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Now that is back at Yankee Stadium chasing his 3,000th hit in the shrine to all Yankeedom, all is sunny and rosy.
From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2011
Let us hope that when Northern Yankeedom has decimated and been decimated, blustering Jonathan may fling himself upon his Southern brother's breast, forgiving and forgiven.
From Lady Audley's Secret by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
A great feature in our meeting to-night, is that we have beside us two individuals, who, according to the immaculate laws of immaculate Yankeedom, have been guilty of the tremendous crime of stealing themselves.
From Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met by Brown, William Wells
The representative of Yankeedom might have been a wooden clock-case for all the response she made to this amiable inquiry, unless her rocking more furiously than ever might be construed into a reply.
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry
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