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Swamp Yankees

Swamp Yankees is the plural of Swamp Yankee.

Meaning of Swamp Yankee

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.

Questions about Swamp Yankees

What is Swamp Yankees the plural of?
Swamp Yankees is the plural of Swamp Yankee.

Words near Swamp Yankees in the dictionary

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

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