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Definition of Yankee

Yankee

A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner; also, applied sometimes by foreigners to any inhabitant of the United States.

Of or pertaining to a Yankee; characteristic of the Yankees.

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Yankee Quotations

I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle," and the other isn't.
Ulysses S. Grant

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.
Mickey Mantle

The fascists in most Latin American countries tell the people that the reason their wages will not buy as much in the way of goods is because of Yankee imperialism. The fascists in Latin America learn to speak and act like natives.
Henry A. Wallace

I'd like to thank the good Lord for making me a Yankee.
Joe DiMaggio

In the building I live in on Park Avenue there are ten people who could buy the Yankees, but none of them could hit the ball out of Yankee Stadium.
Reggie Jackson

My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.
Derek Jeter

My hero's, my dreams, and my future lie in Yankee Stadium and they can't take that from me.
Derek Jeter

All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.
John Cheever

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods.
Alice Hoffman

I was always the shame of the family - the one Yankee who was actually born in the North.
Randy Harrison

To pitch a perfect game wearing pinstripes at Yankee Stadium, it's unbelievable. Growing up a Yankee fan, to come out here and make history, it really is a dream come true.
David Wells

Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.
Roger Maris

I was at Yankee Stadium one time at 5 a.m., but that was to buy angel dust.
Artie Lange

I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest.
Billy Martin

You look at all the great players that they've had and the potential of playing in Yankee Stadium.
Nick Johnson

Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys.
Bert Campaneris

I feel like I've been a Yankee my whole life.
Johnny Damon

You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day.
Nomar Garciaparra

I could never wear another uniform. I will forever be a Yankee.
Jorge Posada

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Yankee Translations

yankee in French is yankee
Yankee in Hungarian is jenki
Yankee in Spanish is yanqui
yankee in Swedish is amerikan

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