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Yankee
noun- a native or inhabitant of New England; hence, more generally, of the northern states of America US, 1765
The most likely derivation is from Dutch Janke, a diminutive of Jan (John) as a pejorative nickname; also possible is a North American Indian corruption of “English”; or Cherokee eankke (a slave, a coward). Used by the Confederates of the Federal army during the American Civil War, 1861–65, and since by the south of the north. - a tool used by car thieves to pull out the cylinder of the ignition lock US
- Slide hammer. Sometimes called a “slam hammer slam puller” or “Yankee”. — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
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