Yankeeism

American  

[yang-kee-iz-uhm] / ˈjæŋ kiˌɪz əm /

noun

1. Yankee character or characteristics.

2. a Yankee peculiarity, as of speech.

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Yankeeism British  

/ ˈjæŋkɪɪzəm /

noun

1. Yankee character, behaviour, or attitudes

2. a typical Yankee word, expression, or trait

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Etymology

Origin of Yankeeism

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; Yankee + -ism

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Example Sentences

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Yankeeism

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

And five years is long enough for an experiment and to prove the success of transcendental Yankeeism.

From Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson

The words we have underscored would be called a Yankeeism now.

From Among My Books First Series by James Russell Lowell

In general, he spoke English pretty well—colony English I mean, not that of the schools; though he had not a single Yankeeism in his vocabulary.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

The redundant of, often used, in this country, in connection with the transitive verbs to taste and to smell, is a Yankeeism.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Thomas Embly Osmun

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