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Yankee-Doodle definitions
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: an American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: Yankee, Yank, Yankee-Doodle]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: Yankee Doodle, popular song during the American Revolution Date: 1767 Yankee
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Yankee-Doodle Yan`kee-Doo"dle, n. 1. The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States. 2. Humorously, a Yankee. We might have withheld our political noodles From knocking their heads against hot Yankee-Doodles. --Moore.
