yanqui
Americannoun
plural
yanquisExample Sentences
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John Ellis Bush was an aimless yanqui blue blood, in Mexico for a couple of months on a program through his New England prep school.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2015
Michael Moynihan on the Bolivian farce, the WikiLeaks sideshow, and other yanqui ‘victims.’
From Newsweek • Jul. 5, 2013
They also flew in food and yanqui beer at $1.50 a can.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over & over in his campaign speeches he denounced "yanqui imperialism."
From Time Magazine Archive
The sudden appearance of the yanqui in swimming trunks had frightened Lupita into statuelike stiffness.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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