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Ambrose Bierce - YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In...
YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.) (Ambrose Bierce)

YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.)

Ambrose Bierce

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