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Yankeeisms

Yankeeisms is the plural of Yankeeism.

Meaning of Yankeeism

Noun

Yankeeism (plural Yankeeisms)

  1. (rhetoric) An American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism.
    • When he was excited, the Yankeeisms of his youth came back to him.1862, Theodore Winthrop, Edwin Brothertoft, page 100

Questions about Yankeeisms

What is Yankeeisms the plural of?
Yankeeisms is the plural of Yankeeism.

Words near Yankeeisms in the dictionary

  1. Yankeefies
  2. Yankeefy
  3. Yankeefying
  4. Yankeeing
  5. Yankeeism
  6. Yankeeisms
  7. Yankeeization
  8. Yankeeize
  9. Yankeeized
  10. Yankeeizes
  11. Yankeeizing

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