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Yankee White

Yankee White proper noun: an intensive background check carried out on employees who will have sensitive work in the Department of Defense or with the President and Vice President.

Proper noun

Yankee White

  1. (US, informal) An intensive background check carried out on employees who will have sensitive work in the Department of Defense or with the President and Vice President.

Questions about Yankee White

What does Yankee White mean?
Yankee White means an intensive background check carried out on employees who will have sensitive work in the Department of Defense or with the President and Vice President.
What part of speech is Yankee White?
Yankee White is a proper noun.

Words near Yankee White in the dictionary

  1. Yankee swap
  2. Yankee swaps
  3. Yankee Thanksgiving
  4. Yankee tunesmith
  5. Yankee tunesmiths
  6. Yankee White
  7. Yankeed
  8. Yankeedom
  9. Yankeefication
  10. Yankeefied
  11. Yankeefies

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