English-Danish translations for yankee

• yankee
  Connecticut Yankee bekymrede sig ikke om konkurrenceregler. The Connecticut Yankee was not particularly concerned about competition rules.
  Ikke blot en lille gnist af håb om at bryde ud af den nye verdensorden, som yankee'erne har påtvunget os. He did not provide us with any hope that we might be able to put an end to the new world order imposed by the Yankees.
  Connecticut Yankee var en telefoningeniør i USA, der fik et slag i hovedet og blev ført tilbage til kong Arthurs tid. The Connecticut Yankee was a telephone engineer in America who sustained a blow to his head and was transported back to the time of King Arthur.

Definition of yankee

• A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest

Related words

• yankea
• yanker
• Yankeeism
• Yankee Doodle