HOW TO PRONOUNCE
yankees
/ˈjæŋkiz/
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What does yankees mean?
noun
- plural of yankee
- plural of Yankee
proper noun
- The team New York Yankees.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈjæŋkiz/
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The Yankees all turned their gaze toward her resplendent orb, kissed their hands, called her by all kinds of endearing names.
He came along early, crossing my bean-field, though without anxiety or haste to get to his work, such as Yankees exhibit.
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Nevertheless, this same expressive word has now for many years been in constant use among some fifteen thousand true born Yankees.
“Showing the Yankees what a Southern gentleman can do,” he added; and strode home again with his letters and papers.
Within two months after the energetic Yankees took possession and gave the filthy city a good scouring, yellow fever had entirely disappeared--without any yellow fever vaccination.