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dam·yankee
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or less commonly damnyankee \ (ˈ)dam , (ˈ)daam+ˈ⸗⸗ \
plural -s
Definition of damyankee
: a native or inhabitant of the northern states of the U.S. as distinguished from a Southerner
—not often in formal useblaming our troubles, if we were southern, more on the damyankee— Lillian Smiththe South is considered with what seems to this damyankee extraordinary fairness— Clifton Fadiman
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