yanqui
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yanquis
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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
Los tiburones yanqui -- the Yankee sharks -- the Spanish sportswriters dubbed them.
From Time Magazine Archive
They sounded even more undiplomatic coming from a U.S. representative who must always guard against charges of interference and 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
Far from having a secret, the yanquis were just amateur cotton growers who had struck it rich with their first crop.
From Time Magazine Archive
They would pay their share of the $19.000,000 which La Pa trie did not pay on Dec. 15 to les yanquis.
From Time Magazine Archive
"What is your secret?" envious Nicaraguans kept asking the two youthful yanquis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Distance and travel difficulties were barring most yanquis from the pleasures of the southern summer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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