Yankeefy

transitive verb

Yan·​kee·​fy

-ed/-ing/-es

: to cause to become like a Yankee

regarded by the natives as Yankeefied and foreign

—Nell Lewis

Word History

Etymology

Yankee entry 1 + -fy

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