Yank

Yank englannista suomeksi

1. jenkki

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1. jenkki

Yank englanniksi

1. yank

1. A Yankee, a Northerner: someone from the Northern United States, especially from England.

2. 1865, unnamed Confederate officer, according to Lieutenant Joseph E. Moody, U.S.V., “Life in Confederate Prisons”, in ''Civil War Papers'', Volume II, Massachusetts Commandery (1900), page 368:

Halt! come down there, you Yanks, come down!

3. {{quote-book|en|year=1944|author=Howard Fast|title=Freedom Road|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=S-fOlzPO400C&pg=PA33&dq=yanks|page=33|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|year_published=1995|isbn=978-1-56324-440-7

4. {{quote-book|en|year=2004|author=O. K. Williams|title=The Way the Cards Fall|publisher=Trafford Publishing|isbn=9781412022897|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=XvanTnXFtxwC&pg=PA16&dq=Yanks|page=16

5. An American: someone from the States.

6. {{quote-journal|en|date=11 June 1951|title=The Yanks Are Coming: U.S. shows world we are playing for keeps as 4th Division leaves to join Eisenhower's NATO army|journal=(magazine)|Life|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=c1EEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38&dq=Yanks|page=38