noun
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Yankee character, behaviour, or attitudes
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a typical Yankee word, expression, or trait
Etymology
Origin of Yankeeism
Example Sentences
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I am afraid you are too full of Yankeeism, Marjorie.
From Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. by Jack Thorne
And five years is long 110 enough for an experiment, and to prove the success of transcendental Yankeeism.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Mr. Livingstone winced, at the same time feeling amused at this little specimen of Yankeeism, in which he saw so much of his mother.
From 'Lena Rivers by Mary Jane Holmes
Such recollections were not out of place in Connecticut, the centre and soul of what we denominate Yankeeism.
From The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
The words we have underscored would be called a Yankeeism now.
From Among My Books First Series by James Russell Lowell
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