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Swamp Yankee

Swamp Yankee noun: an American with English colonial ancestry from rural Rhode Island or nearby eastern Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts.

Noun

Swamp Yankee (plural Swamp Yankees)

  1. (US, slang) An American with English colonial ancestry from rural Rhode Island or nearby eastern Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts.

Forms of Swamp Yankee

pluralSwamp Yankees

Questions about Swamp Yankee

What does Swamp Yankee mean?
Swamp Yankee means an American with English colonial ancestry from rural Rhode Island or nearby eastern Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts.
What part of speech is Swamp Yankee?
Swamp Yankee is a noun.
What is the plural of Swamp Yankee?
The plural of Swamp Yankee is Swamp Yankees.

Words near Swamp Yankee in the dictionary

  1. swamp wallaby
  2. swamp water
  3. swamp waters
  4. swamp white oak
  5. swamp white oaks
  6. Swamp Yankee
  7. Swamp Yankees
  8. swamp-privet
  9. swamp-privets
  10. swamp-water
  11. swampable

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