yankee-doodle

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.

2. Humorously, a Yankee.

We might have withheld our political noodles From knocking their heads against hot Yankee-Doodles. --Moore.
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yankee-doodle

noun
an American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: Yankee
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Yankee-doodle is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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