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yank

verb as in pull hard and fast

Strong matches

Weak match

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To play a swaggering Yank like Bucky Egan for “Masters” required countless hours with a dialect coach and maintaining his accent through most of the shoot.

A witness told the TV station that the two men who were killed were a part of a Father’s Day event at the Yanks Air Museum.

The lanky Yank had driven the spud-loving critter off his land more times than he could count, and the $10 he’d invested in a peck of potato seeds was disappearing with every bite.

But the Yanks held Cantigny, and they proved to the Germans that they could fight.

At the other end of the scale, fans can acquire a mandolin, previously owned by blues legend Yank Rachell, for an estimated £300 to £500.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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