Yankeeism

English

Etymology

Yankee +‎ -ism

Noun

Yankeeism (plural Yankeeisms)

An American word, phrase or custom; an Americanism.
- 1862, Theodore Winthrop, Edwin Brothertoft, page 100:
  When he was excited, the Yankeeisms of his youth came back to him.

Coordinate terms

(dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism), Australianism, Britishism, Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism

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