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单词 yanky
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yankyn.

Etymology: Of doubtful status, origin, and meaning. Perhaps Dutch Janke , applied originally to a particular ship, and so identical with Yankee n. and adj. The following examples of Yankee in the proper names of ships may be compared:1776 M. Cutler Jrnl. 16 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 55 They were in the Yankee Hero.1813 Examiner 11 Jan. 22/1 The Yankee, American schooner privateer.
Obsolete. rare.
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1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. iii. 45 Proceed with thy story in a direct course, without yawing like a Dutch yanky.
1904 P. Fountain Great North-West xvii. 195 A yanki is a small kind of galiot, and the Dutch fur-traders used craft of this kind to ascend the rivers in search of their Indian customers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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