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Define the word Yankee-Doodle

"Yankee-Doodle" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Humorously, a Yankee.
      [1913 Webster]

            We might have withheld our political noodles
            From knocking their heads against hot
            Yankee-Doodles.                       --Moore.
      [1913 Webster]

"Yankee-Doodle" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

Yankee-Doodle
     n : an American [syn: Yankee, Yank]