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Yank
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Yank
1. a slang word for an American
2. US informal short for Yankee
Yank
steamship stoker vainly tries to climb the social ladder, then fails in attempt to avenge himself on society. [Am. Drama: O’Neill The Hairy Ape in Sobel, 339]
See : Failure
(jargon)yank - (From the colloquial meaning "to pull suddenly") To insert a copy of some saved text at the current position in a document being edited.

The term is used in the Unix text editors GNU Emacs and vi but "paste" is more common elsewhere.



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Each is about the size of a Lucky Strike package, and you buy it by inserting your coins and yanking on the machine.
The pull of culture. (Artifact) by Freund, Charles Paul / Reason
Petersburg Times--caused the DMV to reverse its position and establish a committee to review all complaints before arbitrarily yanking a tag.
"Atheist" was "obscene or objectionable". (Worth Noting) by Gajewski, Karen Ann / The Humanist
Called in by the city to assess the state of the trees, consulting arborist Robert Wallace spent considerable time measuring fungus, yanking on limbs and climbing trunks to determine the best course of action.
CONSULTANT GOES OUT ON LIMB TO RESCUE TREES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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