DAMYANKEE


Meaning of DAMYANKEE in English

noun

also damn·yankee (ˈ)dam, (ˈ)daam+ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷

( -s )

Etymology: contraction of damned yankee

: a native or inhabitant of the northern states of the United States as distinguished from a Southerner — not often in formal use

blaming our troubles, if we were southern, more on the damyankee — Lillian Smith

the South is considered with what seems to this damyankee extraordinary fairness — Clifton Fadiman

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.