Yankee-Doodle

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yankee-Doodle \Yan`kee-Doo"dle\, n.
     1. The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the
        national airs of the United States.
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     2. Humorously, a Yankee.


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              We might have withheld our political noodles
              From knocking their heads against hot
              Yankee-Doodles.                       --Moore.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Yankee-Doodle
       n : an American [syn: {Yankee}, {Yank}]