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swamp Yankee noun a rural New Englander who is thoroughly and steadfastly rural US, 1939- — American Speech, pp. 121–123, May 1963: “Swamp yankee”
- No, no, get yourself a good Swamp Yankee! A good homely Swamp Yankee! — Edwin O’Connor, The Best and Last of Edwin O’Connor, p. 434, 1970
- The man who sold it to me was an old swamp Yankee that farmed it on and off when he felt like it, and didn’t when he didn’t. — George Higgins, The Easiest Thing in the World, p. 132, 2005
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