Yankeeism
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- (dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism