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1. Yankee

1. (alt case) (ng).

2. A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.

3. (alt case) (ng).

4. (obsolete form of)

5. (quote-journal)

6. (RQ:Landon Lady Anne Granard)

7. (quote-book)

8. 1887, Edward Bond Foote, ''The Radical Remedy in Social Science - Borning Better Babies through Regulating Reproduction by Controlling Conception - An Earnest Essay on Pressing Problems'', Murray Hill Publishing Company, page 130

The quidnunctious yankee woman is posted in gynecology. She never breeds.

9. (RQ:Joyce Ulysses)

10. Yankee

11. an Anglo-American, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; resident or native of the rest of the United States

12. (alternative spelling of)