Meaning of damn Yankee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person from the northern United States (a Yankee) who moves to the South to reside there.
   Southern-US
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see damn, Yankee.

Examples

“REBEL A Damn Yankee comes down here to live⟳. KC Well, I came down here to live⟳. REBEL Well, you're going back, you said. KC Right. REBEL You're just a Yankee, not a Damn Yankee. But that's the difference between them.”

“"What's the difference between a Yankee and a damn Yankee?" "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."”

“I was thinking, these damn ghosts are a preset pattern, because they don't even know⟳ that I'm not a damn Yankee. "I'm going to die⟳ for something I didn't even do."”

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