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yank

yank is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.A jerk or twitch. [Colloq. U. S.]
  2. 2.To twitch; to jerk. [Colloq. U. S.]
  3. 3.An abbreviation of Yankee. [Slang]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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