Yanks
Colonists, to Brits
Yanks is informal for Yankees—Americans, especially as perceived by non-Americans, or members of the New York Yankees baseball team: The Yanks are in town for a three-game series.
British speakers particularly use Yanks for Americans generally: The Yanks have arrived. (Lowercase yanks means sharp pulls.)
New York baseball team
- BronxNYC's northernmost borough
- pinstripesThin lines on cloth
- World SeriesMLB championship tournament
- championshipsTitle-deciding competitions
MLB · home run · Babe Ruth · Derek Jeter · Lou Gehrig · Joe DiMaggio · Mickey Mantle · roster
Devotion to one's homeland
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- democracyRule by the people
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
- UnionNamed political entity
Founding Fathers · Liberty · Bill of Rights · Republic · Washington · Lincoln · freedom · Congress
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- Union ArmyNorthern military in 1860s
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
- Mason-DixonHistoric North-South boundary
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
carpetbagger · Sherman · Grant · Gettysburg · Appomattox · secession · Reconstruction · antebellum
Bronx Bombers
New York baseball team
- BronxNYC's northernmost borough
- pinstripesThin lines on cloth
- World SeriesMLB championship tournament
championships · MLB · home run · Babe Ruth · Derek Jeter · Lou Gehrig · Joe DiMaggio · Mickey Mantle · roster · dugout
patriotism
Devotion to one's homeland
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- democracyRule by the people
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
Union · Founding Fathers · Liberty · Bill of Rights · Republic · Washington · Lincoln · freedom · Congress · American Dream
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- Union ArmyNorthern military in 1860s
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
- Mason-DixonHistoric North-South boundary
abolition · carpetbagger · Sherman · Grant · Gettysburg · Appomattox · secession · Reconstruction · antebellum · Dixie
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- American WWIdoughboys, General Pershing, Argonne, Western Front, over there
- WWI Army
- New York YankeesFamed Bronx baseball squad
- Yankee DoodleRevolutionary-era American march
- Yankee CandleScented candle retailer
- Yankee StadiumNew York baseball venue
- yanks someone's chainProvokes for amusement
- NY YankeesMajor League Baseball franchise