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Meaning of YANKEE-DOODLE

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  an American
 

YANKEE-DOODLE is a 13 letter word that starts with Y.

 

 Synonyms: Yank, Yankee
 
 See Also: American

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Yan`kee-Doo"dle\, n.
1. The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the
   national airs of the United States.

2. Humorously, a Yankee.

         We might have withheld our political noodles From
         knocking their heads against hot Yankee-Doodles.
                                               --Moore.
 

 

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