"damn Yankee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: damn Yankees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} damn Yankee (plural damn Yankees)
  1. (Southern US) A person from the northern United States (a Yankee) who moves to the South to reside there. Tags: Southern-US Synonyms (person from northern US who moves south): damyankee, damnyankee
    Sense id: en-damn_Yankee-en-noun-JWuj0XzR Categories (other): Southern US English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'person from northern US who moves south': 89 11
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see damn, Yankee.
    Sense id: en-damn_Yankee-en-noun-~fM85irl

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1998, Kimberly J. Cook, Divided passions: public opinions on abortion and the death penalty, page 6:",
          "text": "REBEL A Damn Yankee comes down here to live.\nKC Well, I came down here to live.\nREBEL Well, you're going back, you said.\nKC Right.\nREBEL You're just a Yankee, not a Damn Yankee. But that's the difference between them.",
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          "text": "\"What's the difference between a Yankee and a damn Yankee?\"\n\"I've already heard it many times since I moved here. A Yankee visits the South, spends his money, and leaves. A damn Yankee stays.\"",
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