damn Yankee

Definitions

1. 1

   A person from the northern United States (a Yankee) who moves to the South to reside…

   A person from the northern United States (a Yankee) who moves to the South to reside there.

   • 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."
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see damn, Yankee.

   • 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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