Yankee
To cheat, trick or swindle somebodyTo cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something
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1 senses(Canada, US, dated, offensive, slang, sometimes)To cheat, trick or swindle somebody; to misrepresent something
Examples
5 sentencesYou can master English without adopting yankee ways.
Are you a yankee?
Ziri always wore a Yankee's hat.
I believe in the Yankee dream.
Yankee Doodle came to town // Riding on a pony // He stuck a feather in his cap // and called it macaroni.
Origin
First attested in 1765, when it was described as "a name of derision … given by the SoutheFirst attested in 1765, when it was described as "a name of derision … given by the Southern people on the Continent to those of New England". Various suggestions have been made as to its origin: that it derives from a Cherokee word meaning "slave" or "coward" and was applied to the New Englanders by the Virginians because the former refused to aid the latter in a war against the Cherokees; that it derives from Yengees, an Indian corruption of English; and that it derives from Janke, a pet form of the common Dutch forename Jan. The OED regards the last of these as "perhaps the most plausible".
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Forms
Yankees, Yankeeing, Yankeed, YankeedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle