damyankee

noun

dam·​yankee

variants or less commonly damnyankee

(ˈ)dam,

(ˈ)daam+ˈ⸗⸗

plural -s

: a native or inhabitant of the northern states of the U.S. as distinguished from a Southerner

—not often in formal use

blaming our troubles, if we were southern, more on the damyankee

—Lillian Smith

the South is considered with what seems to this damyankee extraordinary fairness

—Clifton Fadiman

Word History

Etymology

contraction of damned yankee

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