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What (who) is yank away - definition

AMERICAN MAGAZINE DURING WORLD WAR II
Yank (newspaper); Yank magazine; Yank, The Army Weekly; Yank (magazine)
  • [[Jane Randolph]] for the debut June 17, 1942 issue
  • January 2015 cover photo of 1/1 AD YANK magazine.  Three infantrymen with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, recreate the original ''Yank'' cover photo from March 30, 1945.

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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
YANK; Yank (disambiguation)
<jargon> (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. [Used elsewhere?] (1998-07-01)
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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
YANK; Yank (disambiguation)
(Yanks)
Some people refer to people from the United States of America as Yanks. This use could cause offence. (INFORMAL)
N-COUNT
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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
YANK; Yank (disambiguation)
¦ noun informal
1. often derogatory an American.
2. US another term for Yankee (in sense 2).

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Yank, the Army Weekly

Yank, the Army Weekly was a weekly magazine published by the United States military during World War II.

Examples of use of yank away
1. Reporters and photographers saw officers yank away at least eight water–drenched protesters, but police said no charges were immediately filed against them.